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• crip.ioft Rote " EYEAR S6.00 • READERS' FORUM the thorns o f a wild colton tree In w hich IIrlests, The \ Vhile Il ieces are In the The enclosed photographs shOw a front material !.\Ir. Akeredolu makes a ll h i.~ nntu!"!11 Wood. a lmost pure whIte. and the miniatUre carvings o f Nigerian lire of Black al'e cam wood, I.e., reddish. A won· and a back view ()l one of the Pawns In which I have a very beaut l(n] collectio n. derful lIel! a. highly usual set of ch essmen which 1 This set o f H aus&. chessmen has little Six years ago. bowel'er.. M r . A k ere· d i ~c o\'ere d II short while ago by nlere boys. leal'll ing to read a nd write Kont" dolu can 'ed another se t of chessmen of chance. They were made abou t Hi ye~... s vel-ses, for Pawns, each one e n ti re ly h Is o wn tribe. the Yornba peOI)le, stili ago by t he now very well k now n NIger (Ii ((erent from the others. The K ings more beautIf ul than t he Hllusa se t - ian carver and archeologist, MI' . J. D. a re emirs. The Knights are ~ioslem meso after all, the second set was the wOl'k Akeredolu of the Eslc Museum nt l1 orin, sengers. A nd. as thel'e Is not an of· of a lllfltUJ'er artisi. This set he sold In Nigeria. and the pieces represent figure;! ficial COIIS01· t to the emir (who has fOU l' London at an exhibition of the intema' of the life of NOl,thern (Moslem) Nigeria, wives). the Queen Is a fe lani orange tlonal an students held at Park l..nne, lhe Mausn people. 'Dhey are cal'vetl of seller girl. And the Bishops are :Moslem 1951 OJ' '52 or 53. :-<0 oll e knows who ...... __ bought the set. I n research on the wO I'k of this outstandIng se l f· made artist. I • am trying to lo cate thal set. For Pawns. It has Yo ruba women, eflch canylng her bnby 011 her bflCk In t he NigerIan \\·uy. The Dlshops III'e African medlclno men. The King lind Q\leell are the Onl of Ife and bls wife. T he Kllighls are cam· el ·fide\"ll. A nd the Hooks III'e Ilal',S of Ule ancien t slave·castle on the Nigerian I coast. The \\"ood o( a ll the pieces Is t his benutlfully mal' ked thom· wood. light as cork. T he Black olles are stained black. M r. H llm· monti , the chess· men eX llel·t of BI·ltaln. tells me • that he is almost SU1'e the sel went to the United States. His own daughtel' exhibit· ed a. water·co lol· • at that same art show, and he reo • members the set well. 'All tbls leads up to my request : -- please ask your readers If tbey can direct me to • • the owner of the set. I want to have photos made of the set (NOT buy It).
Ro~ ey E. Pool. Ph. 'D. 23A High· point, H ighgate. London. N6, Eng· l and Actual height \I; • • one and oll e eighth Inches Ed. CHESS REVIEW 'Ht p,t'u.r ('HUS MAO"'''H' VO l ume 27 Number 4 April, 1959 E D I T E D &. PU B LI SHED BY I. A. Hor ow itz . Miniature games ore the hors d' oeuvres of chess.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Hastings. 1946 An e xc itin g and t ense b attle tha [ elh!.< F EATURES in p erpe tual c heck. Game of the Mont h ______104 Phi lippi ne Chess ______122 KI NG' S GAMBIT Ru le of the Immune New QU een 108 J . Wijker M. E llinger • DEPA RTM ENTS White I31a " k Book of t h e Mont h ______11 9 1 P - K4 P -K4 7 NxN P_Q4 Chess Club Directory ______103 2 P_ KB4 p,p 8 N-K5t K-N l Chess Movies ______124 3 N_K B3 B-K2 9 Q- RS P-KN3 C hess Quiz ______110 4 B_ B4 N-KB3 10 N xP P x N/ 3 Gam es from Recent E vents ______111 5 N_ B3 N,P 11 QxNPt K- Bl Past Masterpieces ______123 G BxPt K,B 12 O-O ! B- Q3 ! 17 N" P ! Re signs Postal Che ss ______125 13 P- Q4! . . . . P roblemart ______98 In \'ie w of I) 17 QxQ 18 R- B8t , Readers' Games ______120 K - QZ 19 ;\~ Rt : Z) 17 .. . 1'xN 18 R Solitaire Chess ______98 BSt. K - K ~ 19 1{- B7 : a nd 3) lj . . . H-B3 Spot light on Openings ______106 IS Q- l\St . Q- QI 19 Q ~ P. Tournament Ca le ndar ______102 Wo rl d of C hess ______99 Lon do n, 1927 E DITOR Bla c k 's jl l"O\'o c ati\" e opening play m e e ts l. A. Horowlt>: Wil h a sha tte ring refuta tion. E XECUTI VE EDITOR G R UENFE L D DE F ENSE Jack Straley Battell L. Pala u CONTRIBUTI NG EDITORS J. t . Koist e A. B. Bisg uler, I, Chernev, J . W . Collins, \\' h ite Black '1'. A. Dunst , Dr. M . Euwe, H a.ns Kmoch, , N-K 83 N-KB3 6 8 - N3 N,B W. Korn, Fred Relnfeld. 13 . . . . Q- R5! 2 P~Q4 P-K N3 7 RPxN B_ N2 CORRESPO NDE NTS On 13 .. . PxN, 14 BxP wi ns. Bll[ n o\\". 3 N_B3 P- Q4 8 P-K3 P- B3 Alabama E . i\I. Cockrell. Cali fornia Leroy Johnson. Dr. H. Ralston. Oil 14 N x B , QxPt 15 K - B2. Q- H5t 1G K 4 B_ 8 4 N- R4 9 B- Q3 P_K4 M. J . Royer, K 2, B- N5t 17 K - Q2, PxN 18 Ihl't , K - K! 5 B_ K5 P_ KB3 10 RxP! K-S2? Co lorado ,\1. W . Reese. 19 Qx B. QxQ 20 RxQ, N- B3 21 P- B~. connect icut Edmun d E. H an\!. F' . . P- K5 is Blat k's b est try . Delaware M. R. PaUl. Q'R- KNl, Black r egain s t he Pnw il . Florida R. C. Eastwood. 14 BxP BxB 17 KxQ P x N Georola R. L. l~I · oem k e . 15 RxBt QxR 1~ Q_B6t K_ Nl il lin ois J. G. Warren. 16 R- K Bl QxRt 19 Q-N6 t Drawn India na D. C. Hills, D. E. Rhead. Iowa W. G. Vanderburg. KentUCky J. W. Mayer. Kansas K. R. MacDona ld. Lou isiana C. J . Cucull u. Augsburg. 1946 Ma ryland Charles Barasch. Massachusetts Franklin J . Sanborn White pro fi ts ha ndsom e l ~' frnm Blac k 's Michigan R. Buskager, J . R. Watson. mis takes. .. Mi n nesota R. C. Gave . . Mississippi D. A. Harris. • Missouri E . A. 'r a lleY. QU E E N'S GAMBIT DECL IN ED Ne braska B. E. E llsworth, Jack Spence, 0,. T roeger E ikstren e s U. E . Wea re. Nevada R. L, Wbeeler. White Bla c k New Hamps hi re lia lph M . Gerth. 1 P - Q4 P- Q4 9 Q_ N3 N-QR4 11 Bx P t!! Kx B New York Edward Lasker , H. M. P h illips. 12 NxP t ! ! PxN North Carolina Dr. S. Noblin. 2 N_ K B3 N- KB3 10 Q- R4 t N_B3? North Dakota D. C. Macdonald. 3 P _ B4 P- B3 N,N R,N Or 12 .. . K xR 13 Q- R 5t , K- N l 14 Oh io R. B. Hayes. J . R, Schroeder. 4 p,p p,p 12 B"P! B- Q2 Q- B7t , K - R2 15 0 - 0 - 0 1 Pennsylvania W illiam R. Hammon, Le& B . " 5 N-B3 N- B3 13 B_ Q NS R- N3 Hoover. 13 Q-R5t K_B3 15 QxBt K-K3 Sout h CaroiJna Prof. L. L. Foster. 6 B- B4 P- Q R3 14 R- QBl P-K3 14 QxPt K- B2 16 Q-KS mate Sout h Dakot a M. F. Anderson. 7 P _ K3 8 - B4 15 0 _ 0 N-R4? Ten nessee Mrs, Martha Hardt, J, G, Sulli N_ KS R- Bl 16 8xBt Q,B va n , Jr. 8 t check : ~ :.: dbl. c heck: § = dis. ch. Texas James A . Creighton. Fra nk R. Graves, Homer 1-£. H yde. Utah H a rold Lundstrom. Virginia Leona rd Morgan. CHE SS REVIEW is pU bll$hed monthly by Subscription Rates: One year $6.00, two West Virgin ia C. T . Morgan. CHEJSS REYIEW . 134 West 72d Street . years $1 1. 00 . three y ears ; 15.75, world -wide. Wisconsin R. Kujoth. Ke w York 23 . X. Y. P rinted in U. S. A. Re· Cha nge of Address: F our weeks' notice re Wyomin g E. F. 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Here Reti (While) upsets the invincible Capa, in a Reti, of co urse: 1 N- KB3, N KB3 2 P-B4, P-KN3 3 P-QN4, B-N2 4 B- N2, 0-0 5 P-N3, P-N3 6 No.1 by G. Hume B-N2. White mates in thre e • Cover scoring ta ble at line indicated. Set up position, make Black's next move (exposing table just enough to read it). :"JOI" guess White's 7th move, then expose it. Score par, if move agrees ; zero , if no t. Make move actllally given, Black's reply. Then glless \',/hiLe's next, and so on.
COVER WHITE MOVES IN TABLE BELOW. EXPOSE ONE LINE AT A TIME ------:::-c----,-:-----:-__ - --.- White Par Black Your Selection Your Played Score Played for White's move Score 6 ... . B-N2 (a) 7 0-0 ______3 7 .... P-Q3 8 P-Q3 ______3 8 .... QN- Q2 9 QN- Q2 ______2 9 ...• P_ K4 10 Q_B2 ______4 10 .... R_K1 ------Shut the door. 11 KR- Q1 ______5 11 .... P- QR4 12 P - QR3 ______3 12 .... P-R3 ------13 N_ Bl ______4 13 ... . P- B4 (b) 14 P-N5 (e) ______5 No.2 by L. W. Cafferata 14 .... N_ B1 ------15 P-K3 ______4 15 . . .. Q-B2 P-Q4 ______White mates in two 16 5 16. .. B-K5 17 Q- B3 ______3 17. .. KPxP ------18 PxP ______3 18. .. N/3-Q2 19 Q- Q2 ______4 19. .. PxP 20 BxP ______4 20. .. QxP 21 BxB ______3 ------21 · .... KxB ------22 Q-N2t ______4 22 .... K_ N l ------23 RxP ______3 23 .. .. Q-B4 24 QR- Ql ______4- 24 . . .. R_ R2 25 N_ K3 ______4 25 .... Q-R4 * 26 N-Q4 (d) ______7 26 .... BxB 27 KxB ______3 ------27 . Q- K4 (e) 28 N- B4 ______5 28 . .. Q-QB4 ------29 N- B6 ______6 29. .. R-B2 30 N_ K3 ______------4 30 . N-K4 Walt and see. 31 R/1_Q5 ______5 31 .... Resigns (f)
Total "kore ______100 Your Percentage ______
No.3 by S. Bourne SCALE: 75-100-Excellent; 55_74-Superior; 40·54-Good; 25.39_Fair White mates in two NOTES TO TH E GAME a ) A game for lovers of the Jian chcui. ~ Position after 25 ... Q- R4 b) 13 ... P-K5 gives Black a good game. c) 14 PxRP, RxP 15 NxP. BxB 16 i\'xN. B-B3 17 NxNt, BxN 18 BxB, QxB 19 Q_Q2. P·R4 gives White a Pawn and losing position . d) 26 RIl-Q5, BxR 27 P-N4, instead, wins the Queen, but 27 .. . BxN 28 PxQ, BxP is ro ugh. e) Not 27 ... RxN 28 PxR, QxR 29 N·B5, with threat of mate and Queen. f) Game adjourned and Capa resigned fo r A change of venue. his firs t loss in 8 years! A li kely line is 31 ... N-B5 32 RxQ, NxQ 33 R.B2, N-R5 34
• N.Q5 with an 'easy win .
Solutions on page 123. t = check; ~ - dbl. check; § = d is. c heck 98 CHESS REVIEW, APRil, 1959 CHESS Vol. 27, No.4 REVIEW APRIL, 1959
INTERNATIONAL R~GIONAL Smit h. Ken Dean, Wayne Morse and I.l)thar -'fayer were Schenectad y victors, One Man Show Ivy Le09ue Doin9s "hil t" .l im Yu nker salvaged a point for With a score of 1%-1% involving a Yale University was host to Jl3rtic i. l'iu"fit'ld. One game was drawn. margin of two full points, Fridrik Olaf pants in the first annual Ivy League Team sson, Iceland star, dominated an interna. Championship, comprising Penn ~)' h· an ia . OISTRICT OF COLUMBIA tional tournament at 8everwi;k. Holland. Harvard. Brown, Columbia, Dartmuuth The :\al imlal Ca pi tal Ral)id T r an ~i t Runner.up was E. Eliskases of Argentina. and Yale. Pennsylvania and Harvard T, )u rnal11ent wa~ won by Eliot Hearst, 5%.3% , and third was J. H. Donner of made identical 3%.% match record s. wit h 12· 2. ahead Belgium when he tallied nine straight were next with 2·2 eaeh in matches. IDAHO draws. (See game. page 104.) , Gil" n Buckend orf of Buhl regained Idaho INT~RSTATE ~ Ull r l" 11l a c y by win ni ng the Cln s ~ A sec· Newcomers tiurl ,,{ the H·o.: ond :l ll llli al cham pionship Top places in a small tourney al Reggio Michigan Tops Ohio a ff ai r. The 1)la yer,; who followed his 412' Emilia, h aly, went to a trio of relatively At Toledo, Ohio, the Glass City O l)en I:! sc .. re were C. H. Stewart. Lloyd Kimp. unfamiliar players named Marthaler, was won by D. Kerman of Det roi t, fol· hill. Eugene- c..wan an d Ted Hartwell. Stu pica and Winiwarter, who scored 8-1, lowed by M. Pence and R. Finegold. The each 3 1 :!·I I :!. T ho.:se f'IUT fin ished in the 7% -1Y2 and 7·2 respectively. 41 player entry list was evenl y divided " rtier mentione(i " n Sol koff points. between Ohio and Michigan repre!;enta· Canadian Conquest tives, the latter taki ng the first seven MINNESOTA A British Columbia team notched a de places. First placl' in thl' ~'l inn e s nt a Slate cisive victory over the state of Washing Tourn ament \\'a 5 wun by Curt J. Brasket Loulsla"a~Mississippi Melee ton with a score of 7% -1 %. The trium ph ""ilh a 5 1 ~ . ':! tall)" and II superiority in was all the more satisfactory from the The Loui siana.Mississippi Open Cham· S.·B . puint s " ' T I' Jalll e~ H. You ng, who Canadian viewpo int in that e.c. players pio nship, held at Natchez, Mississippi. mat ched (3 r 1~ ke t' ~ game scure. William R. Elrod MacSkasy and M. l ursevski s was gained by l ames Warren. 4% .lj:! . J OIne ;: . Derwin J.. Kerr. Ge"rge E. Ken ny downed Washington's hest, E. Zemgalis Woodrow Crew, in second place, was und Ge" rge S. l3 arnl'.$ t'3ch registered 5·1. and Olaf Ulvestad, on fi rst and second declared Louisiana titleholder. and Fen· hoards respectively. ncr Parham, 1r ., as highest placed Missis· NORTH CAROLINA sippi entrant, became Mississippi Open D311 Gallik calltu red the Nort h Carolina UNITED STATES champion. Tom McElroy took third in rlll'itat i" na l Tournament. held in Raleigh, the 59 player contest. winding up a ha lf l)Oi nt ahe ad of Oliver NATIONAL Hut aff. In this annual roun d robi n of Revenge -• six of the state's top players, Dr. Stuart Postal Note Sweet revenge for past defeats was ob· ~ob 1in and Da,"id Steele tied for third and In the quadrangular Natio nal P ostal tained by Cleveland chess players when f()u rt h plac l'~. Dr. N() rman Hornstein took Chess League Team Cham pionship, St. they heaped up 9Y2 points to 1% for fifth . and Paul Ncwton placed sixth. Louis was successful with 15'12·8%, nos· Pittsburgh. Winners fo r Cleveland were ing out Omaha with 15·9. New York, ill r. Garais, R. Pitsehak, R. Kause, T. Elli· OREGON third place, could score only 9lJz·14Yz. son. S. Lazarus, J. Harkins, W. Granger, In the Oregon Centennial Open, two while Natchez brought up the rear with E. Soml o and R. Roethler. For Pittsburgh. ~ i xt c en . y ear . " i d s. Clark Harm on and J ohn 1'1·16. Heading the eight.man 51. Louis the lone winner was W. R. Henry. A Bell. dil'ided Ilremier honors by scoring team were John Ragan and Don DeFine. draw was played between M. PaWl a of 5·1 each. Tie·hreaking totals gave fi rst Cleveland and W. M. Lubell. . pla~e to Harmon by a wh isker. Third to Ham Radio fifth were James McNeese, Harold Hugh. Ham Radio, a publicati on "by and for Warming Up art and Robert Walker, each 4'12. 1%, who the radio ham," announces its sponsor· In a slaughter measured by a score of fini shed in the order named on median ~h i p of the first National On·the·A ir Chess 11%.1%, the Schenectady Chess Cluh poi nt ~. There were 34 competitors. Tournament, an event unique in both warmed lip for the defense of its Sus· chess and radio annals. As a worthwhile quehanna Cup title hy annihilating the Know the wh en and where of the US by.product of this competition, it is ex· visiting Pittsfield (Massachusetts) YMCA "Open" and the US Junior Chamt>!on· ships this year ? See pages 101 and 102 pected that a number of amateur radio Chess Cl ub. Larry Heinen, Mike Valv o. and fo llow "Tourna.ment Calendar" for operators will be turned up to handle Ted, Krieger, Don Kruger, Henry Moraw. suggestions as to where yo u can find radio matches anywhere in the world. ski, George Duncan, Steve Anderson. Ben chessplay. CHESS REVIEW , APRIL, 1959 99 North White Plains Chess Club. Victor Perlow, Hyman Rotrin, Otto Sadan
Florida. The Broward County Chess I.Ol/ isiona. For the second consecutive Irest Virginia. Paul Sayre and Tom Berg Club demolished West Palm Beach by year, AI Buckland annexed the New Or· quist, each 3.1, divided first and second 8%.2%. Montague, Gillespie, P. DeNoel, leans title, followed by A. L. McAuley in in a Slllall round robin at HUlitington. J. Harvey, A. Mcisaac, P. Houle and E. second place. South Charleston players downed a 51. Schor won for Broward, while Broughton Albans team by 5.2, while the West Vir. Michigan. Robert C. Anderson, 11 %.1 %, came through for West Palm Beach. i!inia Unh'ersity Chess Club edged the won the championshill of the Jackson Three games were drawn. West Virgini a Penitentiary by 3·2. The Chess Club. Second in the 14 player latter match was made possible through round robin was Palmi, and Idaho. In recent team play, Boise de· A. H. 11.2, the co·operative attitude or A. V. Dodrill, fealed Canyon County by 7.1 wi th the third was B. G. Watson, 9%.3Y2. • Deputy Warden . Mi.uiuippi. The Jackson Invitational P ORT OROZ INTERZONAL Tournament, s ponsored by the Capital CANADA 210 J;:;n me" In English de$cr ipllve no· latlon. 76 pngu. V"rIIYpe-d Edil io n. City Chess Club of Jackson, saw L. Pey. S" I)(l rb ""llIe ! See hO\\' U. S. A:, ton Crowder 01 Greenyille head the entry Manitoba grnndnm$ lu Bobby Plse he r QUn lined S. Szabo, 5-1. won the Manitoba cham· for t h is )' ear'~ Chnllengers T ourna· list by 41h.%, in front 01 Dale Jones, 4-1. ment. Se tHI only $2 (blll l) t o pionship. ahead of last year's titleholder, The British Chen Magazine. Ltd. 20 Chcstnut Rand, W es l ~orw ood. · New York. A score of 5·3 s pelled victory Harry Yanofsky, 4%.1%, and P rof. J. London SIi: 27 Grent Britain for the Yorktown Chess Club over the Woodbury, 4-2. • 100 CHUS REV IE W, APR IL, 1959 Saskatchewan Holland Soviet Russia W. B. Hoover was wi nner of the main In Ihe DUlch tille tournament. J. H. Tigran P etrosyan, the Armenian grand. e\'ent in the Mid-winter Chess Congress, Donner was successful with a 9·2 scorc, master, won the USSR Championship, where he scored 7%-2 %. In a tie for followed by Co rtlevef. 7¥.J-3Y:!. this year. It is reported that, though he second and third were E. Hoehn and K. has scored well indeed in previous events, Grah~ m, each 612.3%. Hungary this is his first major win. He finished A triple tie for the national champion. 13%·5%, winning eight, drawing eleven. FOREIGN ship was r eg i ~tered by Barcza, POft isch At 30, he has the reputation of being a China and Szabo, each of wh om scored 12%.4%. ~efy hard man to beat. The Australian Chess World ca rries an Mikhail Tahl, who had won the USSR article by Chang Hsiung.fei on the " fin; t Roumania Championship tw ice running, came a very AII·China Chess Championship," won by Scoring 12 points out of 19. Balane! dose second, tied with Boris Spassk,. at Chang Fu.kiang. The chess referred 10 cu pluroo the national ti tle aheall of Rei· 12'h-61fJ. He drew wi th Pet rosyan but had is the regu lar international game, not the cher. J. Szaho and Al ex and r~ lI. I I V:!. I.... st to Yuchtrnan in round 2 and so native Chinese chess known as "hsian g 71/2 euch. trail ed from the start (disallowing ad chL" According to the writer in the journment.pos t poned results). Ch ess Itrorld, the Chinese Communist South Africa At 4th and 51h were H.. Kholmov aod government intends to push the interna. The Sixth Charnwood Tournament wenl ' lark Taimanov, 12·7. ilnd L Polugaev. tional competition." to I. Bekerman_ 61/2' if:!. "'ell ahead of ~ky was 6th. 11-8. Ynri A ~ erbak h and fu nner· up G. Dean, 5·2. En91and Paul K ere~ scnred 10 1f2.8 1f'.z. V. Korchnoj The Claremont Championship weill to Wil~ 91h at 10·9; Lul i k,, ~ 10lh at 9 ¥.J.91f~ ; A play.off for the Brilish L~di es' Cham Prof. W. S. Mackie, 71f2.2 % . ahead of J. 'lJJ d. al 11th and 12th were Da vi d Bron· pionship resulted in hard-won victory for Heldzingen, 6%-3%. .< tcin ( !) and Gufe ld, 9·10. The fest ran : Miss Anne Sunnucks, who. after losing An attractive booklet, "Sixt y.Fifth An . Yil chtman Sl l:! . Furman S. Cdler 7112. the first two games to Mrs. " Dod y" Bour nual Reporl," was I)Tinted and distributcd Curgenitize and \ 'asYll ktt,' 7. Krugills 6 1,6. dillon, to ok the next three to finish with by the Durban Chess Club, calling atten· 'iikitin and \'l·l.hm t·l dilltt\· at 51 ~ and 5 a 3-2 tall y. ti on to the dub's celebration of ils six ty. and one tame IIIlj('II T1ICtl. Germany fifth yea r of existence since its founding It is a shock of ~ M ts t" ~et" that Keres Uhlmann won the Eut German title. in 1893. The present memben;hip is a losl to Kholmo\·. Geller alHI Krngius. but 11%.3%. but not without a struggle put healthy 79. morc 50 to obse rve the final sCI ,res of up hy Pietz;;ch, who defeated Uhlmann South African correspondence honon Bronstein and Celler. in their individual game lind finis hed with remained in the hands of K. r. Ki rby A hard-fought bailie betw ee n .\r" ~C (1W 11-4. of Um tata, 7-2, G. Poulter, 6·3, was run· and Leningrad wound up in a standnff br ner·up. 8 20·20 score. USCF OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP The 60th a nnual US "Open" Cham· j)[onship at Hotel Sheraton-Fontenelle. 18tll &0 Douglas St., Omaha, Nebraska. A GREAT BOOK by a GREAT TEACHER July 20 to August 1: open to all USCF members. Players meeting 3 PM, July 20: tour· nament director Hans Kmoch wlil ex' CHESS SECRETS plain rules of play; 1st rd at 7 PM: -play dally except Saturday, J uly 25 (time for annual Speed Championship) : 12 rd at by EDWARD LASKER 50 moves per 2'h hours through 5 hours. Itdjourned games Ile}l:t AM ; final round to a conclusIon same day. 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VICTOR AT BEVERWIJK The decision, however, fo r first place in the tour FRIDRIK OLAFSSON, the twenty-foul" year old nament came in the seventh ro und with former Aus· Grandmaster from Iceland, won the latest HBIast trian Eliskases; and so that game against that grand Fumace" Tournament (Hoogoven, a suburb of Bever master merits selection, wijk, Holland, scene of an annual intemational tour Olafsson soon takes the initiative after it appears nament) in Holland. With a score of 7lj2 out of 9, he tha t Eliskases is not too well acquainted with the latest came out flllly two points ahead of his nearest compet th eoretical discoveries in the Closed Va riation of th e itor, Erich Eliska ses now of Argenti na. The latter had Ru), Lopez. kept even with Olafsson until the seventh round. In the m iddle of the game, White's positi on has Perhaps even more impressive than Olafsson's grown from better to even belieI'; and, by the twent)' score was the qua li ty of his games. Both strategically eighth move, Eliskases has to give up the Exchange. and tactically, his play was practically all at grand Olafsson follows through correctly and permits no master level. So it was not simple to select the best of escape_ Shortly after resumption followi ng adjourn his games. ment, Eli skases is forced to resign.
RUY LOPEZ DxNP ]8 ·R- .:'I"l!? with chances for both Closed Variation sides (Talll-Geller, Riga. 1958) . Talll cOllsidel's 12 P- Q5 the best reply for F. Olafsson E. Eliskases White. White Dlack 1 1 • • • • Q-B2 1 P-K4 P-K 4 4 B- R4 N - Bl 12 QN- Q2 BPxP 2 N-KBl N-QB3 5 0 - 0 B-K 2 mack lias several l ikely plans here. 3 B- N5 P-QRl 6 R_K1 . . . . 13 PxP B_N2 Keres has experimented with bot h 6 Q Some yeal's back, this variation was K2 and 6 N- I33 . In spite of -hi s ~u c cesses. the center of attention. At this time, the text-move remains the most usual theory seems to have solved most of Its continuation. p!·oblems. 6 . . . . P- QN4 8 P-B3 0 - 0 14 N-B1 , PO$ltlon after 17 S · N5 7 8_Nl P- Ql 9 P-K R3 N-QR4 · . . 10 8-B2 P- B4 White thus keeps t'he pr eSSure In the Now Black gets into difficulties, as Here Lombardy has played 10 ... P center and builds up to compllcatlons. Olafsson so ably demonstrates. To r eo Not bad either is 1~ P-Q5: e.g., 14 . . . Bl 11 P- Q·I. Q- 132. Actuftl pl'actlce will view bis other possibilities, we have: B-OI 1!; N- Bl. B-Q2 16 R- K3! with a 1) 17 .. . P- R3 IS BxP! after which 18 show whethel' {his system \\"111 Hand Ill) in the (utlll·e. s mall but lasting. White advantage. . , . PxD? 19 Q- Q2. KR- Ql 20 QxP, RxP 14 . . . . Q A_ B 1 21 R-K·I: g!l'es White a winning attack, 11 P-Q4 . . . . 15 B_N 1 • • • • all(1 I S . . . KH-Ql! 19 B- N5, RxP 20 Q- Q3. 1>- :'>3 21 P- KR4 8tJII leaves Wllite After 15 B- Q3, Black's 15 . . . P- Q4 is an attac k with chances (Yanofsky- Blau, s U'onger than after the text. 15 n - K~ is best answered with 15 , .. N- B3 (ac· Hastings . 1952·3): 2) Ii .. . KR- Ql (Filip) 18 Q- Q3, P- N3 cOI'ding to O'Kelly) : e .g ., 16 B- N5, P- 19 QxQP. "xP 20 Q-KR~. P- D3 21 B- H6 113 li O -R~. N- KR4. etc. sets a difficult game but slightly bettel' 15 . . . . P- Q4 chances fOI' \Vhite: This mOl'e is t be consistent point of 3) 17 .. . NxP IS 8xD. NxB 19 BxPt Black's counter-play. with a winning attack for \Vhite; 16 PxQP PxP 4) 17 . . . KR-Kl! (probably Black's The Pawn offer, 16. P- K5, can best best choice) 18 NxP (18 Q- Q3, Q-B5!) . be declined witll 17 N- N5. NxP 19 BxB, RxB with about equal ('hances (Niephaus- Trifunovich, Wagen· 17 B_N 5 · . . . ingen, 19(7). In the Riga Toul"nament. 1955, Il . _ . (See d iagram. top o f next column) Tile multipHcity of possibilities indi 8 - N2 WfiS I)layed sel-el'al times: e.g .. 12 One of the critical positions of this cates how dangerous It is to be drawn P- QN-t, PxNP 13 PxNP, N- B5 l-t QN- Q2. variation. It appears that, with accur· into an active variation without thor P- Q·J 15 PxQP. PxP 16 NxN, Pxl'\" 1i Qx-P ate play. Black lias enough chances. oughly knowing the latest finesses. t ::::: <,hc{lk; t ::::: db!. check; § ::::: dis. ch. 17, ... Bx P 18 N x P .... l 04 CH HS REVIEW, APRIL, 1959 This Knight finds a good post on KB5 Black's lnst is probably nOt the best, Now Black refuses to e:lter the end· to assist matet'ially in t he attac k, Other possibilities are : game, but he is beyond hope, anyway. 18 . . . . KR-Q1 I) 25 . , . Q- 8 ·1 26 BxB. RxD 27 HxH. 38 Q- N8 Q- B4 PxH 28 P- X3. X- X3 29 BxP: winning a Black can try to prel'ent 19 N' - 05 witll 39 QR- Rl P-K4 Pawn: 18 .. . P-'N3 but only attain to new dif· 40 R-R8 . . , . 2) 25 ... Q- Bl ! 26 P-X3. :\- :":) ~ ~ ficulties: e.g .. I) 19 N-05!? Px~ 20 LlxB. PxO, and Black has belter' l' h a :l "'~s BxN, BxB 21 QxB wilh chances difficult for defense than in t he game. to appraise : 2) 19 HxB. Qxlt 20 Q-Q2. N-B3 21 Q-B4 with a dangerous attaC'k 26 BxB PxB (01' White. No bette r is 26 .. , nx8 2i :-.' - 135 : e.!,; .. 19 N-B5 B- K3 1) 2i .. . Q- Bl 28 Rx-R. PxH 29 0-Q6~ winning the Exchange; 2) 2i ... Q- O·j The only move for Black. 2S OxP. PxB 29 Q- N3t, K- OI 30 Q- X7t, 20 Q-B3 · . , , K-KI 31 QxN winning. White's Queen can now take its Ide:\1 27 N_B5 Q-KB2 square. The threat is 21 NxOi, fonower! Black gives up the Exchange in the by KJ1 - N3-HS. hope t hat his well posted Knights 11' 111 20 , . , . N_B5 somehow find compensation, Stm, 2i Black plans to a nsl';er 21 NxOt, Qx:X , .. Q-Ol may perhaps give better right· 40 . . . . P- K5 22 N- N3. N-Qi . Not sa good is 20 . . . ing chances : e.g., 28 NxPt and 1) 28 . .. The last mOI' e before lhe lime limit. PxN 29 B- K5! wilh decisive advantage BxN because of 21 OxD! R- RI 22 QH- Bl This move leads to loss of a Pawn and for White; 2) 28 . .. K- R2! and. in spite with gt'Nlt adl'a?ltage for \Vhite, wilh it the e nd of all res is tant· e. -Ill .. • 21 NxBt of White's positional advantage, it is not H-Q4 holds out longer. an}' easy game for him. 22 B_B5! · . . , 41 Q-R8t K_ N3 42 R-R7 N-KR4 Black has no other choil:e, 43 Q-K8t K- R2 44 Qx KP N,B 45 PxN . . . . Here the game was adjollt'lled. The rest is Cll t and dried. 45 .. , . QxQ 49 P-N3 PxPt 46 RxQ P-R4 50 KxP N_K4 47 P- N4 P-R5 51 K_B4 K_ R3 48 RJ4-K7 R-N4 52 RxN Resigns
28 N-Q6 • • • • White's KBS is sun of great import, PLASTIC CHESSMEN ance, He tht'eatens ,to dis rupt Black's White's move is stronger tha n 28 Pawns with 23 OxO. Also, N-N3-R5 again N xPt, PxN 29 B-K5, N- D5 30 BxN, requires Black's attention, while noll' I~ -KDI ! 31 Q- N3t, K- R2 32 B- Q4 , P - K4, Black's N- Qi hHs ,Httle force. as Black thus obwlns reasonable coun· ler·play. 22 , .. , R-Q3 28 . . . . R,N 22 , , . NxP Is a nswered by 23 R- K2, 29 Bx R · . , . N-BS 24 QR- Kl. R- Q3 25 N- N3 with a winning attack fot' White, NOlI' White has a won game; but t he process requires great car'e and accu· 23 N-N3 P-R3 racy. Olafsson applies both. Black ha s to· do something agains t the 29 .... N_B5 threat of 24 N- K,I (01' N- R5) . Insuffici 30 B_ N3 N_Q4 ent is 23 . .. Q- Q2 because of 24 8xN, 31 Q-N4 • • • • Px8 25 Q- H5, BxB 26 NxB winning. \V'hite has .. attacking chances and 24 8-B4 , ... hence avoids 1I'X change of Queens. With a t empo. 31 . . . , R_ B3 24 .. " RJ3-B3 32 QR_Bl • • • • These Plastic Chessmen a l'e made of 25 K- R2! · . . ' White initiates action all the Queen· durable Tenite and mO lded in the baSic The last prepat'ation for direct action. side lI'ith the threat of 33 'P- QH4. Staunton pattern. Stur dy and practical. The intention is to 1)I'event 27 . . . HxTI 32 .... Q_B4 they are made in three sizes: Tourna· wit h check, after 26 DxD, RxD 2i N-B5. 33 Q- Q4 K_R2 ment Size with 5" King, for use on 2',4 or 2'4 N squares; St a ndard Size ill t·sec· 34 P_QR4! • • • • tion case, with 3 \iN K ing, for use on In spite of time trOllble, White pro· B~ to 2%" squares: Student Size with ceeds energetically. H is t ext opens Jines 2',4" King, fol' use on l'h to 1 ~~ .. squares. fOI' the Rooks and undel'mines the pas!· All sizes are weighted and felted, avail· t ioll of the Knights. able in Black & Ivory and Red & Ivory, 34 " .. N_B3 (See Student Size abol·e.) 3S PxP Px P No. L 500 Stude nt Size: slIeeify If want 36 R_Q Nl R-B4 Hed & White or lliac k & White __$3,95 Black guards against 37 B- K5. No. 836- Standard Size ______$ 5.50 37 Q-B4 · . . . No. 837- Same but in Red &. Ivory_$ 5.50 No. 110-Tournament S ize ______$ 19.95 Now Olafsson decides upon entering the e nd·game since Black's Pawn posi· No. 111-Same but in Red &. Ivory $19.95 tion is weakened, CHESS REVIEW 25 • • • . 37 • . . • Q- N3 134 West 72nd Street, New Yor k 23, N. Y. IC HESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1959 105 Up-to-date opening analysis by WALTER KORN by an olttstanding authority.
FROM OBSCURITY TO PROMINENCE 9 . . . . 10 QxQ At ZU1·jeh, 1953, a defense was employed in the very first round 11 NxP which had a brand new veneer by virtue of an early novel move hitherto Black. as defender a nd so early in rarely seen in regular tournament practice. Then its repeat appearance in the gallle, has attained a formidable another game of thal same World ChampionsJi ip Challengers Tournament position. He "pu t the defense on the map." Following this game, White kept seemed \0 disclose an analyzed and well thought out pattern behind this searching for improvements. particular stratagem. Therefore, attention began to focus 011 this line. IL Trying in a positional manner to wOl'k soon foulld ils place in Black's repertory. And it has been up and com ing on Black's backward Queen Pawll, the (ol lowing game in :\ew York. 1927. COil· since, although its basic concept is well known as deri ved from th e H ro tinues our history. rnadka De£en ~ e: 1 P- Q4, N- KB3 2 P- QB4-, P- B1-. Nimzovich Marshall Early BeCjinninCj s more frequently either in its ol'iginal White Black In its fil'st l"tldimentary form. the coun_ rorm or with the interpolation, 1 ... N 1 P_Q4 P_QB4 , p,p P- Q3 ter-thrust, . .. P- QB4, occurred in two KB3 2 P- QB4. That interpolation was 2 P- Q5 P-K3 5 N- Q63 P-K N3 games of the match between Staunton subsequently employed regularly by 3 P-QB4 p , p 6 N-63 N- KB3 and St. Amant at Paris in 1843. Hl'omadka, in conjunction with a King· 7 N-Q2 . . . . side fianchelt·o (Bogolyubov- Hromadllll, White's plan for exploiting tbe back· Pistyan, 1922). ward Pawn lies in N- B4 and B- KB4, with We perceive the theme in full matm" pressure and more terrain. ity in the following game in the tourna· 7 . • • • QN _Q2 ment of Vienna, 1923. 8 N_B4 N-N3 E. Gruenfeld R. Ret! 9 P- K4 B-N2 White Black \Ve note here. in passing, the potential improvement, 9 ... Nx)/ to BxN, B- N2 1 P-Q4 N_ KB3 4 N-B3 0 - 0 10 0 - 0, 0 - 0, with equali ty. 2 N_KB3 P_ KN3 5 P_ K4 P-Q3 3 P_ B4 B_ N2 6 P_ KR3! . . . . 10 N-K3 0-0 11 B- Q3 N_ R4 The last is actually Reti's own move here employed against h im. The line is There followed 12 0 - 0, B- K4 13 p QR4, N-KB5 14 P- R5, and Black's "at still valid: cr. MCO: p. 311, col. 21. tack" evaporated and White retained The line was based on German analy· P-QB4! 6 . . . . supremacy. ses ffom which it had the name, Ben Oni. 7 P_Q5 P-K3! lt Is one of history's jokes that, on So, for a while, the whole line faded the EUropean continent, the P - Q4, P-QB4 out despite the facts that 11 ... B- Q2 is alternatively known as "Staunton's was recommended as equalizing and the Defense," a lthough it was St. Amant as potential improvement mentioned was Black who employed that counter-thrust also available on moye 9. against Staunton as White. 'Wisely Indeed, it must be stated, too, that enough, the Anglo·Saxon chess 1\'ol'ld did the interim up to the Zuerich Tourna· not fall for any patl'iotie temptation to llIellt was spotted by occasional use of attribute the defense to its proponent of the line by snch convinced adherents the mid·nineteenth century. So, in Modern as Hromadka (but without .. . P - K3) Chess Openings, this lin e is called and ~Iikenas (e.g., Ravinsky-:'>"likenas, ·'Benoni." ;'Ioscow, 1944, went 1 P- Q4, P-QB4 2 P Under the Denoni Counter Gambit, the Q5. N- KB3 3 P- QB4, P- K3 4 P-KN3) . moves rUll; 1 P- Q4, P - QB4, most consis· tently followed by 2 P - Q5 and generally 8 PxP . . . . answered with 2 . .. P- K4. Zurich, 1953 Tartakower in his book, Indisch, ob· Suddenly, in Zu rich, the line was "re· serves that 8 B- K2, PxP 9 BPxP, R- l{1 discovered" by the Russian contingent, apparently after the usual, thOI'ough, The Hromadka Defense 10 Q-D2, Q-K2 11 N- Q2, B-R3 ]2 P- D3, N-R4 leaves White wil"h a. very poor theoretical and practica l dissection and The countel··thrust is not confined. position. The old analysis looks Quite expel'imentation at home. Team Captain however, to merely this sequence. It modeI'll, as wHl be noted later in this Kotol- spearheaded the assault but reo occurs typically now and very frequently article. ceived a cold douche from Euwe who in other "'Indian" defenses, giving them 8 . . . . handled the line in the most experUike a different clless topograplly every time. and convincing manner. At the turn of the century, especially 9 P-K5 • • • • at P istyan, 1912, the "Benoni" re-appeared 9 8-8-1 here is refuted by 9 ... NxKP. t _ cheCk: f = db!. chec1,; § = dis. eh. 106 CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 19S9 Nevertheless, the defense was and is N-B·j and then B-B4 with attack on latter reason, this varIation is offered eminently playable. It gained increas· macl,"s backward Queen Pawn. As a as a separate one. ingly in popularity and analyses, culmin. counter· measure. Black's next has the 8 B_ N2 0-0 ating in a long IIl·ticle in the Hussian interpos ition of his K:light llt K .!, In !) 0 -0 . . . . Byuiletin in 1958. We g ive below the t \\"o late r gume s. Dlack learned to ignore th ~ crucial games from Zurich and. in the threat fO l' the time be ing us. in d , : ~ next sect ion, a number of it lu Sl1 'alion ~ cours e. he can play ... 3 - .' ·Z a nd ... which supercede, improve or change the 0 - 0 in t ime 10 protect h is QucC' 1l P a\\"~l 1958 analysis. Readers with a long mem· ade{]Ualely simply by l" ;oo(l"e a( ing h i..; King ory, or library, may a lso I'e fer to 1. A . Knight to his Kl. H orowitz' analysis in CHESS REVIEW. 7 . . . . QN- Q2 1(- 0-0 Q-K2 page 79 . .March. 1957. 8 P_ KN 3 B_N2 11 N- B4 N- K4 The Zurich games, :L d the develo p· 9 B_ N2 0-0 12 N, N QxN ments thereafter, llniformly follow this I S P-QR4 P- QR3 opening patte rn: W e rna}' talk about equilibriu m in 1 P-Q4 N_KB3 3 P-Q5 P-K3! t his position. 2 P-QB4 P-B4 4 N-QBS p,p 5 PxP P- QS The Recent Lines Sub.variation A In t he post-Zurich pla.y. w e ha n: th e 9 . • . . N-R3 following illustrative detail. (See a lso Blac k s eeks a d iffere nt stratagem here MCO. page 230. for t hese lines.) from t hat in the prel"iollS "ariation with . .. P- QH3. First. he de" elops his Queen Variation 1 Knight "ia QH3 and lea\" es himself the (Continue from last diagram) choice ot interpolating . .. P- QR3 later, 7 N-Q2 QN-Q2 if desired. So the following moves show Permissible is the course mentioned a new theme . above which we give with exte nsion: 7 10 N-Q2 N_B2 12 N-B4 B-QRS . . . 8 - N2 8 N-84. 0-0 9 8 - B4, N- KI 10 11 P-QR4 P-NS 1S Q-N3 Q_Q2 Q- Q2, P- N3 11 N-N5. B- QR3 12 P- QIU, Black stands very well (Zamiltho\"sky BxN 13 PxB, N- Q2 14 P-K3, N- K4 (as -Stolaroy, Ukrainian Championship. Now the system may branch off into in Sliwa- SueUn, Poland-Russia )\latch, 1958). The older line with 13 ':":-R3 is two principal I!nes: 6 P-K4 with 7 KN 1958). This constitutes a deviation from 11 0 better for White. the analysis in the Russian Byulietin BS or 7 P-B~ as in the Four Pawn Attack against the King's Indian Defense (MCO, which ran: 13 . . . P- B4 14 P- K N3. R- 82 Sub·variation B page 312) . Or it may run to 6 N- KBS, 15 8 - N2, P-QHS 16 0 - 0 , R / 2- R2. (Continue from last dlagraml often followed by P- KNS. And also into 8 P- KN3 . . . . 9 . . . . R_ K1 other minor stratagems into wbicb we 8 N- B4 was Nlmzovich-illarshall! 10 N_K1 • • • • will not probe [or the present. T hese pupils remember the improve· 10 N- Q2, QN-Q2 11 N-B4, N-NS 12 Euwe's was the second course, and his ments suggested for Black, and \Vhite NxN, QxN 13 Q-B2, B- Q2 also offers game against Kotov continued with the is now trying to do better. Black excellent cbances (as in '\Iilich following moves. Another alternative is 8 P-K4, P- QR3 Polugayevsky, Yugoslavia-USSR Mate'h, 6 N_ B3 P-KN3 12 P-R5 P-QN4 9 P- QR4, Q- K2 10 B-K2, B-N2 11 0 - 0, 1958). Note that 11 Q- B2 or 11 P - K RS is 7 P_KN3 B-N2 13 PxP e.p. N,P 0 - 0 12 R-Kl. "R-Nl 13 P-B4, K- R1 14 no better in t hi s line. 8 B-N2 0-0 14 N_ NS Q- B2 B-B1. with a good game [or White ( Up· 10 . . . . QN_Q2 12 P_QR4 R-N1 9 0-0 P-QRS 15 N_ R5 B- Q2 niks- Szily. correspondence, 1958). 11 Q-B2 P- QR3 13 P-N3 P-QN4 10 P- QR4 QN_Q2 16 P_ KR4 B_N 4 8. . .. P- QRS 11 0 - 0 R_N 1 Variation 3 11 N- Q2! R_K1 17 B-KS K N-Q2 9 P_QR4 B- N2 12 N_B4 N_K4 18 Q- NS! N-BS 10 B-N2 0_0 1S N-R3! R-K1 Black's last . is a weak move, as is 14 P- KR3 • • • • also 18 . .. DxN and 18 . .. P-Bti (19 Also with a good game - but nothing NxB. etc.) . Stahlberg bas recommended more than' that - for White (Kozma 18 ... R- Nl with unclear complications. Haagkyist·). S till, Euwe had by now proved his point. He s ubsequently won the game. Variation 2 .. When tbe next opportunity came, Bla ck (Cont in ue from ne~ t to last diagram) did somewhat better. He drew his game. 7 P-KNS B-N2 Petrosyan
Compared to Variation 2. this Is a somewhat innocuous line. 7 B_B4 P-QRS 10 B-QS B-N5 8 P-QR4 8-N2 11 P-KR3 B,N 9 P-K4 0- 0 12 QxB Q-B2 13 P_KN4 QN- Q2 Black soon gained the upper band (in Haagkvist- P olugayevsky, at Reykjavik, 1957) but not because of the opening Which is an even game at this stage. This line may in many instances over Gligorieh lap Variation I inas much as W'hite's 'N While the foreg()ing c() nslderation$ were ma inl y concerned with ,"ariation In which 7 N- Q2! • • • • Q2 frequently comes in again In this line, 'Vhite withholds the Pawn push. P-K4. we b\l~ not necessarily . .. QN-Q2. For the will turn next to that other ma jor system Stahlberg observes tha t this move aga.inst the Hromadka Defense. with an aims at answering 7 ... B-N2 with 8 ' Consid er bolh a.· s llml auled.~Ed . early P-K•. CHESS REVIEW. APRIL, 1959 107 THE OF THE N By Nolan Saltzman
CHESS has its April Firsts - as witness the tim e that Harold Morton em across t h.., board. This we called the barked upon a brilliant and profound, or at least lengthy combination. " B e ant~· Udense," because we felt that Play did run for quite a number of moves, and then Harold reached for our Pawn.design had some esthetic merit legardl6s of il ~ effect on the game. It the luscious fruit of his effort, the net gain of a Pawn - to find at that go t SfI we aut omatically set up the Pawns late date that the Pawn which he was about to capture was his own. like thi ~ rather than on the second rank. As a rule, though we are aware of the existence of "house rules," Of cour_' c. there wa ~ the \'ariati(lll of start· ing Oil tIl<: other ~ id e, with 1 P.QR4, or "local options," or whatever YOll want to call them, we refrain from P.QR4. Luckil y, too. there was always mentioning them "- feeling that the true ga me of chess affords infinite one pair vf p"tential Pawn exchanges in variety for those who would really learn it. Indeed, life is too short for the position. Bul uur stylIzed openin g had most of us to acquire proper facility in the art of true chess. eliminated. JJl' s id e ~ the earl y mates, any So we aim to ignore all chess variants for the most part, Korean contact what eve r among the opposing chess, four·handed chess, cylindrical chess, three·dimensional chess - Queens, Hooks and Bi shops. Once again, our games were Ol'(~ r befo re they slarled, and whaL have you? We will, too, aftel' this brief lapse - which ma y this tillle h eca u ~ c the\- had to be aban. prove educational - into 1\11'. Saltzman's incursion into the Leginners' Iioned as draw$. vogue in chess variants which coincides so aptly with April First. When we fou nd thai we couldn't in volve the pi eces in Ihe usua l wav, we in Chess has a history belonging to all of Becanse we couldn't grasp the whole of "ented a contractual proc edure fo r doing us. But each player also has his own the va~t, disorganized board at one time, ~ o . The player on Ihe move would say, Chess history, which depends somewhat Chess seemed then a much tfller likeness "Let me put m~ ' Bishop I Rook. clC. ) on on how he learned the moves and w h ~ his of War than it does now. As in War, that square, then yo u can put you r Bishop first opponents were. When I was eight headquarters might be temporarily out of (Rook, etc.) on an y $qu are you choose." years old, a number of us boys took the touch with its troops in a gi v~n sector. The player to wh om th is contract was game up during a summer rainy spell. I urge my Pawns forward to -hem in and offered could accept Dr refuse or suggest Every morning, we would set out the board win a Bishop on the remote plains of the a different deal. " ihen the position was and pieces in the middle of the floor and King.side, but an enemy Kn ight captures transformed to even.' one's satis fa ction , the rlay until evening. my Queen Rook on its home square. I game continued in ordi nary fas hi on. The first stage of our experience in let up the pursuit of the Bi shop and try Here's the diagram of an actual posi. Chess was marked by the immensity, as to trap the Knight that has infiltrated my tion reached in one of ou r games. The it seemed to us, of the ehessboard. It was Queen.side (which region becomes mo· stylized P awn formation seemed once as if there were thousands of unnamed, mentarily lighted in my mind, while the again to indicate a draw. unmapped squares. My Bishop, kecping remote King·side fades into darkness) . carefully to its color, mi ght veer across Latcr, my opponent secs a chance to the board to explore a foreign region. If check with his Queen several times in it looked safe, I would withdraw my succession, but the King escapes into a finger from the top of the piece. P erhaps forest of friendly Pawns. Elsewh ere, the a few moves later an enemy Knight, which hattie rages on. had all along been resting nearhy, would Just before the end of the sum mer, one, two, three and lurch to the same however, everything changed. One of my square as my Bishop, sending it off the friends began to play lip hi s King Pawn board. on the ~ery first move, followed by 11 After a while, the moves came easier to speedy mohilization of his Queen and us. We no longer ventured here or there Bishop and, before we could settle 0111'· at random but plotted grand stratagems. selves into a really comfortable position So V;rhi te, whose move it was, made a We even began to consider wh at our op· on the fl oor, it was Checkmate. Even when classical offe r: " Let me put nly Bishop ponents were planning and how to coun· hoth players tried the new attacking style, here," he said, pointing to his K6 square, ter them. Yet. at this stage, we had little the game was often' over too soon for our "and you can put your Bishop anywhere ~ en se of the rhythm of the game, which taste. with a "blitz" victory for one side yo u li ke." Black thought to himself, hands time - the ability to act - entirely or the other. Prohably, another group of "What docs he get, a check on my King? to one player and then entirely to the chessplayers would have responded by de 1 can lIw\-e away. But wait, I can place other. When evaluating a position, we veloping better defensive tacti cs. my Bis hoJ) th ere, and I win his Queen f" would hardly have asked, "Whose move Instead, we evolved a way of beginning " Okay," he said. is it?", since time seemed to belong equal. our games that assured thei r lasting a White then picked up his King Bishop ly to both players. If I moved my Bishop proper amou nt of -time. Someone started (l.nd put it on his K6. Black triumphantly so as to attack my opponent's Rook, he it and the rest, tacitly admitting the neces· planted his Bishop on his own Q5. But might " defend" by interposing hi s un· sity of "slowing things down ," followed. White, of course, didn't check immediate· protected Bishop (thereby putling it en All 0111' games now began with the series Iy. Instead he played, 1 N.R5, and now prise). Then, with the two Bishops con· of moves, 1 P.KR4, P ·KR4 2 P·KN3, Black saw that, wlJatever he did. even if fronting each other, he would feel that P -KN3 3 P.KB4, P-KB4 4 P.K3, he prepared to give up his own Queen on the position was "balanced" and there· P-K3 5 P.Q4 ... and so on until an his KB4, he would be checkmated on that fore safe. impenetrable grillwork of Pawns extended square. 108 CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, t9S9 Inevit a bly, our barga ining became wild Hon b controlled his ba~e rank. S" I cou rse rou can take off a new Queen--" er and morc fancifu l. We I)ermitted stated the rule. wh ich had j u, t cUlll e inLu [ connte red weakly. Kings to capture to the ~ide of Hooks mv mind . thaI. upon the prnnl<>ti"n "I 3 W h ite to move a nd wi n 4 Black to move and win 5 White t o move and wi n 6 Blac k t o move a nd win Practice at simplicity can White 011 the move here is You r advan(,ed, passed Pawn Here YOll hal'e $.ome mean reap r ewl}rds amidst compli· ~omething to s'hudder at. You is a salient reature in thi" posers to r() ll sider: White cations. So bear the lessons ob\'ionsly must act Quickly, position and has apparently ha s sllch t.hreats as 2 N-B6t of the first two positions T he advantage of the Two pressed Blacl{ into a devel {2 , , , BxN 7 W hite to move and w in 8 Black t o move and wi n 9 W h ite to move a nd win 10 Black to move and w in To hark back to simplicity, :Major pieces and one minor This position rllns to com· One final test: a piece you may begin to cat ch our - a Bishol) - and a ll en· plications and, maybe, to down, you must find lhe win drift by now. It's often t'he cumbered somewhat by speak of olle gimmick would ning gimmick, We won't simple way which opens up Pawns do IlOt appear to in· be incorrect. Bm thel'e is mention simplicity; for, aft er one cute little gim, spire any brilliancies here. a simple fact to be delved while it's there, in essence, m ick is perceived, Blacl,'s Test for simplicity once out of the mess whiCh is a the essence is stretched a position here is far from more - and don't forget tbe s imple clue to the denoue· bW One thing, though, your threatening, give or take a gimmick! On the move, ment. The rest Is some [Jof target ought to be obvlolls threat 01' two, Your job is 'White wOlild have a clear t hat meticulous accur acy - the gimmick Is or ought to kill all his chances 0[ initiative, But you have the which we spoke of before, to be how you're going to such - pel'manently, move, H ow do yO ll li se it? F ind the key, then the win, exploit tbat target. )10 CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1959 Enter:aining Gild instructive games by HANS KMOCH annotaled by a /anulIIs analyst. Black's Knight needs an olltlet and. 27 P_ KN4 p,p ~ INTERNA TlONAL with this moye. can head for Dla(']" ~ 28 Px P B_K3 • K3 and so support the key QD·I, 29 N-Q3! . . YUGOSLAVIA, 1958 Out 12 . . P- QR-l. followed by 13 ... :-low White can bring both his Knights P- H5, is more urgent. White's Knigll! ~ il\(o erfecth'e ac tion and nse the K ing International at Sarajevo ought to be denied h is QN3 or. after nook fil e, 100. T he result is an irresisti· The Conquest of Sarajevo ;3 P- QR4. his QR4 as both t heSe squares ble mating :lullel, which plays itsel f, Arou nd 19 10, the famous Au!;trlan Il re important for the blockade. 29 .. , , Q-Bl 33 N_N3 Q- R3 llovelist. Gustav Meydnk, wI'ote a stOl'Y 13 N-B3 N- N2 15 BxN! K, B 30 P-BS Q-R3 34 R_ KR1 B_N2 (suppressed by cenSor) how His ArlO ~' 14 B- R6 ! R_ K 1 16 Q_Q4 B_KS 31 K-N2 QR-Nl 35 N-Q4 B_Q2 tolic :Majesty's Generlll Starr of the AilS' 17 N_R4 . , . . 32 N/4-B5 Q-B l 36 Q-N5 R_N3 lrian Army came to realize that the No\\' \Vhite has fortified his blockade 37 P- B4 P_Q B4 place which they had brillillntly tal1en to the utmost. The Knights wm nOlI' Black's Inst move I~ deSllerlltion liS (or Austria belonged to A\lsu'lll. anyhow. head for QB:;; and Q4 , fi ghting actually the re Is 110 Iliayable de fense lIgninst the That story comes to this annotatOI" !; against only one Bishop, the black lhrellt of P- D4 - B5. mind in connection wllh the Sarajevo bound one. The oth€!' Bishop is "bad" 38 Nx BP Q-B1 Tonrnament o f last December. It was owing to its position behind the Pawn 39 R/3-R3! BxNP brilliantly won by Indigenous talem and, wall. 40 R- R? Resigns of the three foreigners. only onE', 17 _ .. Q_N1 Black can do noth ing against the mate Eliskases, fig ured in t he prize nloney 0:1 Helief by 17 .. . P-BS is poor because starting with 41 RxDt. a lie for Cilth place. The Olhers had of 18 N/4- B5. Q-Bl 19 P-KB4. Black has m inus scores. Yugoshwia. headed by a. "ery bad game. He is reduced to Jvko\' and T "lfuno\'ich has s hown Its r1 O\lndering. might once again. HOLLAND, 1959 T he following game Is a fi ne pos itional 18 NJ3-B5 P-QR4 22 R_QB3 O-B1 Benrwiik International 19 P-QR3 K-N1 23 P-R3 P- R4 IJerfor mance of one of the lessel' \'ug(>· A Touch of Orifjinality slav gianis. 20 R-K3 B-KBl 24 N- N3 Q_RS 21 QR- K 1 B- B4 25 Q-KB4 mack has the daring to compromise RUY L OPEZ .. Now White threatens to breakthrough his K ing position for t'he sake of a Marich Lokvenc on t he K ing·side with 26 N- Q4, B-Q2 27 Pawn but then becomes nervous and Yugoslavia Austria P- K6 (27 . .. p:-;p 28 Q-B6! 01' 27 . , . collapses. Tournament winner Olafsson White D1l1 c k B:-;KP 28 N:-;B, RxN 29 R:-;R , PxR 30 launches a mating attack and scores qulcltly, The entire game has a touch 1 P-K4 P-K4 Q- 86!). at ol'iglnaJlty attributable to both players. Lokve nc has been a tenmplayer for 25 . . . . Q- N4 Austria fo r something like fOl'ty years , Black prevents 26 N-Q4. E.NGLISH O PENING He used to specialize In the Sicilian De· 26 N/3- B5 Q_N1 F rldrlk Ol afSSQ n T, D. v"n Scheltinga fense. So it is somewhat surprising that Apparently, Black seeks to antiCipate Iceland HolI"nd here he enters Into a King Pawn open· 27 R- QN3. He does better, howel'er, wi th White Black ing. 36 . .. B- N2 Rfter which the pl'essure 1 P_QB4 P_ K 3 2 N-K B3 N_QB3 5 P_Q4 p,p on the King Pawn offers some countel' 2 P_K N3 P_Q4 3 B- N5 P-QRS 6 0-0 'B_K2 cilan('.es: e .g~, 27 P - KN4, PxP 28 PxP, 3 B-N2 P_Q B3 4 B_R4 N- BS 7 R_K 1 0 - 0 B- K3 29 R-QN3. Q- B5 30 NxB, RxN 31 A steady set up. Blaek's last Is an unnecessary prol'O' Q:-;Q, P:-;Q 32 R-QB3, BxP with chances cation. :'.{ ueh safer is 7 ••• P- QN4 as for a draw. Or 29 N-Q3? P- Q5! SO QxP, 4 Q-B2 has been repealedly pointed out in this QR-Ql SI Q-KB4, P- N4 32 Q- K4, B-Q·j But this Is a dubious del'ia lioll from columll (8 B-NS. P- Q3! 01' 8 P- K5. S3 Q- Q4, B-N6, lind Black wins at least tbe consistent 4 ••. N- BS, 5 ... B- K2, :\'xP ! ). , the E:-;change. Finally, 29 Q--Q4 is strong 6 ... 0-0. Black incurs so me difficulty 8 P- K5 N_K1 and safe, but hardly so good for W hite owing to his infer iority in the center. 9 B_B4 P-Q4 as he gets in the gallle. 5 Qx BP P-K4 6 N_KB3 B_Q3 And now Blac k heads into ser ious tJ'ouble. 9 ." P- QN4 10 B- NS, P- Q4. On this Square. the Bishop, far fr om instead. orters appro)(imately even having scope, actually block s the half· c hances, and e\'en 9 .. . P- BS (10 BxN. open rile. 6 . . . N- Q2. bowe\'e r , int er QPxB) is belter l han l he te)(l mo\'e. feres with lhe other Bis hop. Nor can. , . 10 BxN Px B :-: - Q2 be conveniently prepared by 6 ... 11 NxP B-Q2 O- K3 because of 7 Q- B2 (7 Q- K4, P-KB 3 12 N_N S! .. , , is less clear), N- Q2 8 0-0, B-K2 (8 ... KN- D3 9 N- N5) 9 P- Q4, with a fine game White is starting a bloc kade o( the [or White, doubled Pawn which proves to be a grave handicap for Black. 7 0-0 Q-K2 12 . . . , P-N3 t cheCk; ~ = d~\.. c1;u~cl!;; , = 4!5. ch. CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1959 In ,i,... UNITED STATES NEW YORK. 1958·9 U. S. Championship Today for Me. Tomorrow for Thee A year ago. Reshel'eky lost to Lorn· bardy because or an experiment In the Ollening (CHESS REVlEiW. page 80. March, 1958). T he same disaster hap.. pens In this game. only with names reo versed. KING'S INolA.N DEFENSE Samuel Resh evsky William Lombardy White Black 1 P_QB4 P-KN3 5 P_KN3 0 - 0 2 P-Q4 B- N2 6 6-N2 QN_Q2 3 N_KB3 P_Q3 7 0 - 0 P_K4 4 N_B3 N_KB3 8 P_K4 P_B3 9 FI_KR3 Q-N3 Black's laJ!.t Is a verr unusual and questionable mo \" ~ . The main contlnu· ation Is 9 . .. P:-:P. I ~a {l" substitutes III'e In t his study by Maxwell Sokoler, the U. S. Junior Ch ampion Raymond W einstein is 9 ... R- KJ and ~ . .. P-QR4. playing against the many time U. S. Senior Champion Samuel Reshevsky. 10 R- N1! . . . In IlI"eparing for I] I3- K3. Whi te reo moves his Rook from the dangerous Qlle might expect 7 ... N - B3. But W hi te proceed after 17 . .. KR- Ql aftel' diagonal. T his COntinuation is or even B lack probably intends to meet 8 P-Q~ which none o[ the "nntural" continUA m ore pl"Qmise than 10 P- Q5 as played with 8 ... P- K5 9 N-N5, P- KB4, creat· tions work? - e.g., 18 N-Q1, N- QS! 01' In Geller- Wade, SnluJoebaden, 1952). ing dubious complications. 18 N- K4, B - K2! or 18 N- Q5, Q- K3 19 10 . . . . P~P N-K3, N-Q5! or 18 Q- Q1, Q-K3 19 Q 8 FI_K4 • • • • mack's choice I~ difficul t. He can· N4t. N- N2! Black probably is all righ t, So as to play P-Q4 wi th more effect not hold the center without wasting cont rary to appearance. with the possibility of by·passlng elim· time: e.g., JO ... H- K l 11 B-K3. Q- B2. inated. Dut t he i dea does not work very 16 PxN BxBP But t he liquidation of t he ('enter greatly well. 17 BxN P,B favors the activi ty of t he Whil e pieces. 18 N-Q5 Q-Q1 8 . . . . B-K3 11 NxFl N~ FI 9 Q_B2 FI_QB4 ! Black's last is weak. The Pawn ought 12 Nx N B~N to be protected with either 18 . .. 8 - T<2 In keeping the Queen PlLwn backward, After 12 . .. QxN. White gets a good or 18 ... K -'N 2. ~hen White lacks any game with 13 NxP: but 13 Q- B2, fol· mack has restored the situa;tlon In the such strong continuation as now follows. cerrter - at the expense of some time, lowed by 14 H- Ql, i s muph stronger. but that tactor is not serious. T he open· 19 P_ KN4 ! ... . i ng has become a fancy Maroczy bind in A powerful shot. After 19 . .. BxN P. revel·se. While wins by force with 20 Q-R6, B - K 2 10 N-B3 N-KB3 12 N-B5 Q-Q2 21 NxPt!! DxN 22 B~K~! 11 N- KR4 0-0 13 ·P-Q3 N-B3 19 . . . . B_N3 14 B-N5 . . . A blunder. Black stili has a chance to Wblte Is trying to create an attack. survive wIth 19 ... B-KS! e.g., 20 Q- R6. 14 . . . . N_Q5 BxN! (20 . .. B-K2?? 21 NxPt!!) 21 8xB, P- B4! after which he can l'ely in B lack faces no particular danger ex· part on Bishops of opposite eolors. cept, of course, the doubling ot his K i ng I1IshoJ) Pawn; but he can easily avoid 20 P-K R4 ! .... that. Concl usive. White wlnll at least a A nother good move Is 14 . .. Bx:N: piece. e.g., 15 iBxN, B-K3! or 15 PxB, QxP (1S 20 . . . . FI_ KR4 13 FI- QN4! • • • • ... N- Q5 16 Q-Ql, N xP 17 BxN, PxB 18 21 FlxFl B-R2 XOII' White threaten s to sacr\(\ce the Q- N4t, K - Rl 19 B- R3!) 16 QBxN, QxB Or 21 ... BxRP 22 Q-R6, B-N3 23 p o. Ex('hange for a murderous attack : 14 17 BxN, PxB 18 N-K4, Q-K2 19 QR-Bl, 'R5, and White wins. P- B5! PxP 15 PxP, QxR 16 QxB, f ollow. QR-Nl w ith. even chances as Black's ex 22 Q-R6 B_K2 ed by 17 B-N2 or 11 8-R6. ApparenUy, t ra Pawn Is obviousl y no asset. 23 B-K4 ! P_B4 Black expected only 13 NxP after which 15 Q-Q2 NxN?! 23 . .. BxB 24 PxB, and W hite has the he gains a vital tempo with 13 ... Black does j ust the most dangerous same conclusion in hand. P- QB4. After the text move. Black III i n thing: he wIns a Pawn but 8uffers a 24 K-R2 Resigns dir e straits: h e cannot bring ou t hi s disrupted King posItIon. pieces in any reasonable way. His set The alternatlve, 15 ... BxN 16 PxB, Mate Is virtually unavoidable : e.g .. 24 up has failed. oHers WhIte a promising game. Still, .. PxIl 25 R-Nlt, 8-N3 26 PxB. and 13 . . . . N_ K4 an assorted variety of mates. a problem arIses after 16 . . . NxP 17 The alternatives are also very bad B- R3. Tbls pin "looks deadl y, upecially for B lack: 13 ... B- N2 14 NxP, or 13 as 17 ... N- Q5 fails agaInst 18 DxQ. N ... P- QB4 14 B-R6 ( maybe even 14 B6t 19 K - NZ, NxQ 20 K R-Ql after which PxP, QxR 15 QxB al though 15 .. . PxP the Knight Is trapped. But how does, seems to hold) . t ::; !ll) eclf..: : :::: db!. check: I = dIs. eh. 14 P-B5 ! CHESS R£VIEW, APR IL, 19$9 15 PxP Q_Q1 NxN 30 BxR with Black getting only Ir Black takes t he Exchange, he is one P awn for t he Exchange; 2) 27 . . . hopelessly los t (15 . . . QxR 16 QxB). :\'xP 28 NxN, PxN 29 NxB, RxN 30 But t he tex t move costs the E Xchange R- Q7! R- K2 31 RxH/B7, RxR 32 Bx:-J. a nd is not much beUe r. HxB 33 R- Q7 . 16 B_R6 P-QN4 2G NxN l6 . . . R- K l loses to 17 B- N5! 29 Nx Pt . . . . 17 BxR T his .move is much stronger th an 29 N-K5t to w in the Excha nge. 1a Q- K2 • • • • Now W bite th r eatens to pin th e Bish 29 . . . . K-B3 31 N-K4t K_ K2 op. T he rest of the game Is easy for 30 P_ B4 P- K R3 32 N_Q6 • • • • h im. Once again. \Vhit e threa t en s to invade 18 . . . . Q_ K2 20 NxB QxN the sel'ent h rank : 33 NxB, KxN 34 BxN, 19 KR_Q1 BxBP 21 QR_B1 N- B5 HxB 35 R- Q7 . Or 21 . . Q- K2 22 R- I{1 , P- B3 23 32 . . . R- Q1 P- B4 . ,\ blunder'. committed In s evere time 22 R-Qat K-N2 24 R_ K1 N_N3 pressure. 32 . .. B-Q2, instead, allows 23 Q_Ka Q- R6 25 Q-Rat K-R3 tough re sistance . alth ough White ought 26 R-N8 Res igns to win in t he long run. 33 B)(N BxB 3t, N-B5t Resigns NEW YORK, 1958-9 T il e end co mes as euthanasia s ince U. S. Championship B1 ac l(,s flag al so fell. A Stylish Game A balance d position with little tension is a ctually di fficult to ha ndle, in spite of Charles Ka lme in t he U. S. Champion. PENNSYLVANIA, 1959 its d rawlsh character. Reshevsky ex c e l ~ ship in another st udy by Maxwell Sokole r. Pittsburgh " Met" Championship in this art. This is a ga me iu his style. Remarkable Precisian KI NG'S IND IAN DEFE NS E Thanks to his a bsolute control of the Black plays a gambit·like variation but Samuel Reshevsky Charles Kalme Queen fil e. \Vhite now can caZTY Oll t fails to mee t t ile refusal of his Pawn Wh ite Black a n effective reg rouping. He ·t hreatens to sa crifice s atisf(lctori ly. In deed, he Is soon s eize the seve nt h r a nk by means of 24 minus a Pawn - but a Pa wn down does 1 P_QB4 N-KB3 ,. B- N2 0 - 0 :-,r- Q6, H- B2 25 NxBt, RxN 26 BxN , fi xE not necessarily make a gambit. 2 P-Q4 P-KN3 5 N_ KB3 P_ B4 R- Q7. White handles the game with rema r k· 3 P-KN3 B-N2 6 0-0 P_Q3 2, 23 . . . . R-B2 a ble precision. especially from the tech 7 N-B3 • • • • 24 N-Q6 K-B1 nical point of vie w. I·'or 7 P-Q5, P- QR3 8 N- I3 3, see Robert 25 N_B3 By rne- Donald Ryz'n e (l\I arch. page 73l. • • • • GR UENFELO DEFENSE Now Wh ite threate ns both 26 N- K ::; 7 . . . . N-B3 Andrea Schoene Wi ll iam M. a nd 26 N- KN 5 (26 .. K - N2 27 NxB'i , Byland 8 PxP · . . . etc .. as g iven beIol'e). White Bl ack T he variatl onR resulting fl'om 8 P- Q5. 25 . . . . P- B3 1 P_QB4 N_KB3 5 Q-N3 p,p N- QR4 al'e somewhat double-edged. 2 P_Q4 P-KN3 6 QxBP 0 _0 Whi te commits h imself positionally. 2::; . .. N- B·l is a better t ry. 1"01' one thing. 26 N-1\:5 Is m et by 26 . .. N/ 4xN 3 N-QB3 P-Q4 7 P_K4 N-R3 wh ile lacking a co mfortable li ne of at· 4 N-B3 B- N2 8 B_K3 P-B4 ta cli:. The non·committal text move offe r s 27 HxN, NxN 27 BxR, NxP, a nd Black White only it microscopic edge, if any; emerges with t wo healthy Pawns for T h is is a line nsed by Lodew ljk Prin s, bnt it is perfe ctly safe. And it suit3 the Exchange. but rarely seen otherwise. Heshevsky who excels in the a r t or 26 P-KN4! • • • • 9 P-Q5 ! .... handling seemingly dull positions w ith The decisive Idea. White will disz'upt Aftel' 9 PxP. 0 - K3 (10 Q- N5, N-KN5), c Z'eative care and imagina tion . his opponent's King·s ide P awn wall, Bla ck Ob t a ins danger ous coun ter -pla y. 13 . . . . pxP 10 N-Q5 B-B4 th ereby a ssuring devastating actfv!ty The lext move is much s tr onger. 9 B_K3 Q-R4 11 B-Q2 · . . . fo r his Pi eces ~T h ez' e Is no satisfactory 9 . . . . P-K3 defe nse to the thr ea t of 27 P- N5. Reshevsky vs . Benko, 1)layed in the 10 B-K2! . . . . last z'ou nd, led qu ickly to a lively posi Again, bes t. The captur e of the Pawn tion after 11 N- R4, N- KN 5 12 NxB. is very risky: e.g., 10 BxP, PxP 11 P xP , PxN 13 B- Q2, Q·-Q1 14 P- K 4. At this R- K it 12 B- K2, Q- B2, and W hite jg In point, howeve l', Res hevsky offered II trouble . d raw (as F ischel' ha d ju st c linched firs t 10 . p,p place ), a n d Benko a ccepted as he had. • • • 11 PxP B-B4 noth ing to str ive for, anyway. Black faces a very difficult problem. 11 . . . . Q-Q1 17 N-QB3 Q-K2 He ought fi rmly to stop t he dangerous 12 N-R4 B-Q2 18 KR- Q1 KR-Q1 Queen P awn. protect his Queen Bishop 13 B-QB3 N-KN5 19 Q- Q6 Q,Q Pawn and prepare to u t!1 lze his Quee n 14 BxB KxB 20 RxQ B_K1 15 P-KR3 N_R3 21 N_ K4 P_ N3 side majority. He may lack a satisfac· tor y solution fo r a ll cou nts ; but, in II 16 Q- Q3 P_ K3 22 QR-Q1 · ...... P-N3, he has a bette r -try. with the White bas ma de so me pr ogress and 26 . ... N- B2 idea of . .. N- QB2 and .. . KN- K1-Q3 holds the edge, though s t ill a tiny one. Nor is 26 . .. P- K N4 sufflcient be wi t h also the pO Bs ible interpolation of 22. . . . KR _QB1 cause of 27 P- KR4! (27 .. . Px P 28 . . . B-QR3. Why not th e na tural 22 . .. QR- Bl ? P- N5, or 27 . . . NxP 28 PxP). 12 0 - 0 R-B1 It seems that Black sees m OI'e trouble 27 P- N5 PxP 13 QR-Q1 Q-R4 t han there really Is. Tne a lternatives a lso favor W h ite : Now Bla ck's position h as become 23 Rj6-Q2! • • • 1) 27 . . , P- B4 28 NxN, KxN 29 N- K 5t, critical, for th er e is no cha nce of stop' CHESS REVIEW , APRIL , 1959 113 WASHINGTON, D, C., 1958 30-30 Tour-noment Pleasant Harmony White 1I'0n a brilliancy Jlrl:r.e with this game. It ('onslsts ma inly or an e nding and a prelly finis h. There Is no roar· ing beauty in his plas. jus t pleasant harmony as be fits a member of the na· tional synlllhony orc hes tra. FRENCH DEF ENS E Ivan Romane nko J. Calloway White Black , P- K4 P-K3 5 N-B3 P- QB4 2 P_Q4 P_Q4 , P-QR3 BxNt 3 N- QB3 9-N5 7 Px8 Q_R4 4 P_ K5 N_ K2 8 B-Q2 Q- R5 9 PxP • • • • White'" capltlre Is a justifiable mOI'e I\ nd. in ra pt, has to be cons id ered In all pos itions of this type. While !n c reas~ s Ihe weakllesi; or hi s Pawn nruclure, to be snre. bnt also oblalns more activity for h is Bis hor)s Ill:In a rt er' 9 . .. P- B5. 9 . . . . N-Q2 10 N_Q4 • • • • U. S. CHAMPION SHOWS W INNING MOVES TO POLIO PATIE NTS Ta ctically. White Is protecting his Bobby Fi lcher ( right) of Brooklyn, New York and now at fifteen twice U. S. Chell King Pawn (10 . . . :-;xKP?? \I I3- N5t). Champion, thrilled lell fortunate at the March of Dimel-4upported Go ldwate r Me m. 10 . . . . P-QR3 orial Hospita l's r espiratory center on Wel fare Island, New York, whe n he played I I P_KB4 NxBP several games w ith polio.disabled patients. Here he takes on 22 year old Roger 12 B-Q3 • • • • Duell of Astor ia, New York, wh ile Bruce Campbe ll, 17, of Manha tta n, watches in t he Else. 12 ... N- K5 is st rong. mirror of h :s Iron lung. Bobby ma de the moves for both Ro ger and Bruce and w on, a ~ W ill: expected, but made a big hit with the excited patients. The latte r a r e be ing 12 . . . . NxBt r ehabilitatd a s part of the Nationa l Foundation's expanded progr am t o fur n ish pOI· 13 PxN QxQt tient care not only t o po li o para lytics but t o v icti ms of arthritis and birth defects 1<' RxQ • • • • 01 $ well. Bobby is an Er as mus Ha ll H igh SChool student who has a stonished the W hite has a s light edge because o f international chess wor ld with h il w izardry of pl ay against all comers _ p hot o and his cente r Pawn [ormat ion. The main news re lease from the Public Re latio ns Dept. of the National Foundation, 800 Second point Is that h is Queen 1'1\\\'n does ll() l Ave nue, New York 17, New York. Interfp.re wllh his Bis hol'. 14 . . . . B- Q2 15 0-0 R- QBl ping Ihe Queen Pawn at the fifth rank 15 . . . . N_ K5 After 15 . . . :\- B3. White maintains (1 3 ... N- KI 14 P-Q6 ~ Nx P ? 15 Q- B4. 16 N- Q2! • • • • his edge with 16 :\- :\3. followed I)ossj· R- 03 16 N- QN5). White cleverly meets Ihe counter· bly by B- K3 - B5. The te:n Is a pparently Intended as a t lll'eat or 16 .. . BxP (which) nOli" fall ~ 16 R- Nl P- QN4 preparation for 14 . . . K It- QJ. :\ Iol'e agains t 17 P- N4 ! !\'xN 18 RxN). urge nt.· howel'er. Is 1-1 .. . N- NI so a s Black c reates a i; Jlgh t weakening. but 16 . . . . K R-Ql 18 RxN B_Q2 he ha s nOthing beller. 10 get this s l raylng K night Inlo play. 17 P_KN4! NxN 19 Nx P . . . \Vhene l'e r the problem of consolidation 17 N_ N3 N_B4 The rest ma y be easy, but White still is inl'ol\·ed. atte ntion must be paid in 18 P_Q4 • • • • des erves cred it fOI' handling It with pre· Ihe firs t place to the minor 1)lece 8. Con t rol o f "'h ite 's Qn5 has become tl s lon. ~ es pecially Knights. more im JlOrtant t hall access to his Q4. 19 . . . . R- Rl 21 P-QR3 N_Nl 1<' Q-N5 ! Q , Q 0 _0 20 N_N5 P-N3 22 8 _ N5 18 . . . . better (14 . . . Q- m P- B3 mac k has nothing This mOI'e leads to d isa s ter. 18 . . 15 P- Q6!). The attacked Rook has no safe squa re (22 ... R- KI 23 N-ll7: or 22 . .. R- I(B I P- KIH. instead. is necessary. By thus 15 NxQ • • • • fOl'\lfying the IIOs ition of his Knigh t and 23 O- In. I1- Kl 2~ N- D7: 01' 22 .. . Now White t hreatens both 16 NxP and H-QOl 23 N- Q6. R- B7 24 B- Q8). then lI sing h is King a ctil'ely III the cen· 16 N- Q6. The latte r also decides after 15 ter. Black ollght to be able to hold hi s 23 B_KB4 . . . H. - H I. Whlte's adl'antage hilS become B, N o\\'n. 2 ~· Bxe R_R2 decisive. He wins a Pawn. 19 N-85 KR_Ql 25 BxN ! • • • • 20 P_N4! A remarkable mOI'e. Inas much li S • • • • While now wing quickly, In spite of the The text is much stronger than 20 notorious Bls holls of oppos ile colors . :-;xRP. 25 . . . . Rx B 30 RxBP K-N2 20 . . . . N-K2 26 P-Q6 8-8 1 31 R-Kfi K_B2 21 P-B5 P xP 27 R_ Kl R- Ql 32 R/ 2_ K2 K_ N2 21 . .. P- R3 Is a Illlie belle r. 28 P_Q7 R/ 2_ Rl 33 R_ K8 B-Q3 22 B-N5! K-Bl 29 R_ K6 R/ R_N l 34 R/ 2- K6 B- 8 2 23 Px P R-B2 35 P-N5 ! Religns Nor Is any other move s ufficient. T he A cute I1ttle point at the end. T h'!:l pretty finis h now fol1ows . • threat of 36 R/ 6- Ki elate cannot be pal" rled In any s ens ible way. t = check : t = dbl. cheek : § ::: dl •. ch. 11 4 CHESS REVI EW, APRI L, 1959 P-QR3, B- l{3. as recommended in the British Chess Maga 2:ine, is a better con· tinuation inasmuch as H P- B5. DxR then leads to a weakening of \Vhite's Pawn structure. 13 P_B5! 14 RP xB . . . , )low White has an additional asset: the Queen Rook file with an orphaned Pawn as a permanent tal·get. 14 . . . . P-Q4 15 Q-N4 K_ R1 Solutions to CHESS QUIZ 16 R- B3 P_Q5 From page 110. 24 P-K6! B_B1 No.1 \V,hite wins with 1 RxP: ~ount matters little where the Bishop This last move is very bad. Black de· yourself correct only if you checked of( goes. motes his Bishop and abandons his " counter·chances in the center. The (same goes for fo llowing solutions) at 25 P-B6! NPx P British Chess Magazi ne s uggests 16 . . . least : 1 . , . PxR 2 Dx'R. etc. and I . . . N_N3 26 Rx BP Il-KN1 17 R-KRS, P- NS which is a fine R- 1M 2 R - Q8; and 1 ... RxQBP 2 Dx:P t . The alternatives are just as bad: 26 defense, indeed. White then has con· No. 2 Black wins with 1 B- N6t 2 H:-:B . . N- B3 2. It/N-l{BI; or 21) . . . N--'NI siderable difficulty in making any head· R:-:Rt (S K- R3, RxRt and 4 . .. H:-:P); 2. H:-:Pt. R:-:H 2S P:-:R. N-K2 29 R-Kl. way. and 2 K-'N- file, Hx,R and 3 ... B:-::\~: 27 RxN ... 17 N-K2 N- Q2 and 2 K-R-tlle, R-R4t and 3 .. . Bx:\~. And White ultimately won. Black is getting desperate: he is about No, 3 White wins wit'h 1 B- 'R6t, and a to gh'e Ul) some Pawns for pl'oblematical quick mate in all varialions. counter·play. 17 . . . R- KNI Is the minOl' No.4 Black wins with 1 .. . Q- Hit: 2 evi\' NxQ, P:-:Nt 3 K- Rl, R-BS lnate: and 2 ~ FOREIGN 18 R-KR3 P- N3 K - Bl, Q- RSt 3 K- K2. QxPt and -I ... QxQ. After 18 . . . N- B3 19 Q- R4. there i .~ GREAT BRITAIN. 1958 no defense to the threat of 20 B-N5 (19 No.5 White mates w!th 1 Q~B3t, B- N5 ... P- KR3 20 BxP!) . (or J .. • N-N5 2 Q- RS; or 1 . , . K- H5 Championship Play-oft Match 2 P-N3, K- R6 3 Q- N2) 2 QxBn NxQ 3 19 PxP BPxP N-N3t, K- R5 4 N- B3. The Better FiCjhter 20 Qx P R- BBt No. 6 B lack wins with 1 ... N - N6t 2 This is the decisive game of the match. Black has Successfully dropped a para· BxN (else 2 .. , NxU with check) , P :-:B White succeeds in confusing the famous trooper into enemy territory, But there and, e.g .. 3 N-B6t, J3xN 4 Rx'R. R:-:Pt theoretician by confronting him with an is no follow·up. almost Ilntheoretical line. Champion Pel: 5 K--'Nl, ·R- RSt 6 K:-:H, Q- Rlt 7 K-Nl (7 21 N_ N1 Q_KN1 23 R_N3 rose proved to be the hetter fighter. Q-QB1 R- R6 postpones by only one move), Q 22 QxBP N-B3 24 Q-N5 R- KB R7t and mate !n two; and 3 N--'B7. R:-:Pt S ICi Li AN DEFE NSE Now the lone paratrooper h" become 4 K-Nl. HxR! (5 NxQ, HxPt and mate Jonathan Penrose 'Leo na rd W. Barden an unbearable llability. next; and 3 K- Nl. R/I-Ql (4 N-B7. H:-:R! White Black 5 NxQ, 'R- QSt. etc.). 1 P_K4 P_QB4 5 N_QB3 P-Q3 No.7 White wins wit'h 1 P-N6: and I 2 N_K B3 N- QB3 6 B-K2 P-K4 , . . PxP 2 N--'N5! and 1 .. . Q:-:B 2 Q:-:P 3 P-Q4 p , p 7 N,N P,N mate; and 1 ... QxP 2 BxN (2 . .. Q:-:B 4 Nx P N-K B3 8 0 -0 B-K2 3 R-NI). 9 P_ B4 . . . . No.8 Black wins with 1 . . . B-RS: 2 The same line as in the Mednis- R. BxB. Q-B7 and mate In two; and 2 H Byrlle game (March, page 74) except Kl, B:-:Bt 3 Q:-:B (3 K- Rl, R-B8t. etc.), lhilt illednis played K- R1 first. R- BSt and 4 . .• Q:-:Q; and 2 R-R3. Q 9 . . . . 0 - 0 BS mate, or 2 ... R-'BS mate. As explained in the other game, we No.9 White wins with 1 'PxPt, K:-:P 2 bel ieve that Black ought to e:-:change QIN and. e.g., 2 .. . P:-:Q 3 B / Q1 - :\I; , Pawns, He way then post his Knight N- N5 4 RxNt. K-'83 S B- NSt. K - :\3 6 on his K4 sooner or later or procee\1 25 B-R6!! . . . , BxP mate; and 2 , .. HxR 3 NxPt and a steadily with . . . B- K3. Otherwise, A direct hit with devastating conse· Quick mate; and 2 . . . P- K3 (to repdn there is considerable danger that, after quences. Black is defenseless against the the piece) 3 R/RI-JNl, PxN 4 P:-:Pt, and P-D3, the l{ing Rook Pawn will be ha rd three threats, 26 RxR, 26 B-N71' and 26 4 •• . Q:-:P S B-B7t, etc .. or 4 ... K - H2 to defend. QxP. '5 Q- Rlt. and a Quick mate - also 3 . . K- R2 4 Q- B2, P:-:N (else Black is a pi ef'e Not commendable is the cal)ture of the 25 .... R, R 28 BxN§ K-B2 down: or 4 . . . NxP 5 Q- R4j, and \\'in~ Queen Knight Pawn: 9 .. . P :-:P 10 BxP. 26 QxP B- Q1 29 R-N7t K-Bl after 5 . . . l{ - N3 6 Q:-:Pt. or 5 . . K- :\l Q-N3t 11 K-Rl. Q:-:P, for White then 27 B-N7t K_ N1 30 Q- Q6t K- K1 6 QxP) 5 Q-R4t. and a quid, mate - has e:-:cellent chances for attack (12 31 R-K7t Resigns Q-Q2. or even 12 P- K5, Q:-:N 13 PxN. finally cover also 3 . .. P-Q·j 4 :\:-:Pt Q:-:KBP 14 B-N3), and 2 . . . P- Q4 3 :\":-:P+, each with a A fair alternative is 9 . .. B-RS. Success Formula Qu ick mate. 10 K-R1 N-Q2 While working at CHESS REVIEW, No. 10 Dlack wins with 1 Q. 1\:4: 11 B- B4 , , . . Kurt Edelhofer sent a peg·in ch ess set and 2 Q:-:Qt. PxQ. and Blac-k win~: and and a copy of the "Official Laws of 2 B-N4. P-B4 3 B- 1l3. Q-1\:7 4 I3- B4t. White plans to refute 11 , . P:-:P! 12 Chess" to his n!ne-year·old cousin in K-BI 5 IU I- KBl. R- :-i 5: (6 BxR. Q:-:R / 8 B:-:P. N- K4. with 13 BxN, P:-:B 14 Q- R5. I,.ondon. young Henry \Villiams. As a mate - OJ· 6 13- :\"3. B:-:Rt ;- RxB. Q:-:Rt gaining a Pawn. result. the lad became s o illlerested in S 1\: - 1\::\"1. llxB ~ or 8 13 - :\"2. Q- Q8t. N_N3 1 1 , • • . the game that he won the High School dC.): and 2 B- :\"4 . P- B4 3 R-Kl. R:-:B' I 12 B- N3 B_K3 Tournament a year afterward. 1>Ioral: (4 R:-: Q. B:-:R mate. or 4 QxR, Q:-:Rt 5 Black ought to- prepare this last move Collect a few simple chess materials and B:-:Q. P :-: Q and 6 .. . P:-:R, or 5 Q-Nl, with 12 . . . PxP, Also, 12 .. . P- QR4 13 there's no telling how far YOU will go , BxR mate). ICHE SS REVIEW. APRIL, 1959 115 by N- Q2- B3, Black still has a bad game but, having kept his vital gOO(t Bishop, call offer better resistance than afte)' the next move. 13 B_ N4 ! P_QR4 14 P-B3 N/4-Q6 N or can Black keep his good Bishop For long after 14 N-Q2. 15 Q-B2 P-QB3 16 K- R1 P-R4 17 S,S R,S Now, left with his bad B ishop, and a very bad one it is, Blac l;: suffers fl'om a serious weakness on white squa)'es. 18 P_QR3 PxP 19 BPxP N_B4 \Vhite was on the point of getting rid of this Knight anrholl", b~' 20 'ExN; and Black wants to keep his [\nights as long as possible as means of covering the white sqnares. Grandmasters M. Tahl (Wh ite) and T. Petrosyan analyze their drawn game in the 20 B_B2 P-N5 Press Bureau at the 26th USSR Championship, T bilisi. Sovfoto by T. 'Archvadze and I, Dvali. Black tries vainly to activate his Bish op \,ia his KR3. 21 P-KN3 N_ N3 RUSSIA, 1959 a King·side Pawn action in Saemisch 22 PxP p,p style . Truly, a profound concept From 23 B_ K3 USSR Championship P- N4 which an important new System of auad, Black's last is a reckless bid for com· A Threat to the King's Indian mar develop. plications. It is indicated. s in ce Black Tournament winner Petl'osyan scores 8 , . . . P-R3 lacks any reasonable moves. nut it fails. more than a mere point with this game. 9 B- R4 P-KN4 too. The new system which he adopts holds In making this last move, Black aban· 24 N,P Q-N3 28 P,R Q_N2 great promise and may develop into a dons all hope for the effective advance 25 'P-QR4 Q-R3 29 Q-N2! N-N6 major threat to the King's Indian De· ot his King Bishop Pawn and thus like· 26 N_ B4 P-B4 30 N/4xQP Q-Q2 fense. · Another and impressive example wise for adequate counter· play. For, 27 R,P R,R 31 R_KB1 Resigns of t he same system appears in the game, it .. . P- KN3 is not available fo r )·e· Petrosyan- Lu ti IlOv. capturing on Black's KB4, his King Bishol) remains permanently bad ~ us· KI NG'S IND IAN DEFENSE ually 'L decisive handicap. RUSSIA, 1959 Yuchtman Tigran Petrosya n True, it is difficult to lift the pin USSR Championship White Black by moving the Queen since the laUe;' 1 P_Q4 N_KB3 4 P-K4 P-Q3 lacks a convenient square espeCially Particularly Impressive 2 P-QB4 P-KN3 5 B_ K2 0-0 as White's possible N- QN5 requil'es a t· This example of the new system (cf. 3 N-QB3 9-:".12 6 N_B3 P-K4 tention. Yet the attempt must he made : Petrosran- Yuchtman) i s particularly 7 P-Q5 . . . . e.g" 9 , , . N-B4 10 N- Q2, P - QRI 11 P- impressive. For Black makes no bask D3, D-Q2 12 P-KN4, Q- Kl, fallowed by Contrary to appearance, White is not' error in t he opening ,but is still un· . .. N- R2 and . . . P-KB4. heading for the old main li ne. able to obtain a s atisFactory game. Fo)' 9 . .. P-B~, see Pelrosyan- Lu ti· N_ R3 7 , . , , kov. KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE The regular move is 7 . . . QN- Q2 . The 10 B-N3 N_R4 T igran Petrosyan Lutikov Knight is aimed, however, for Black's 11 N- Q2 N-B5 \Vhite Blach QB4 and can reach its destination both 12 0 - 0] . , . , 1 N_KB3 N- KB3 5 P-Q4 P-Q3 way~. With threat of Black's establishing 2 P_B4 P_ KN3 6 B-K2 P- K4 8 B_ N5 . . . . the King·side attack eliminated. White 3 N-B3 B_N2 7 ,P-Q5 N- R3 The point of deviation from old to can safely castle on that side. 4 P-K4 0 _0 8 B_N5 P- R3 nell'. The text move offers much wider 12 . . . . N-B4 9 B-R4 P_B4 possibil!ties than the conservative 8 Another weak mOI'e after which This last move may be better than the 0 - 0. In pinning the Knight. White stops Black's game deteriorates From infel'iol' 9 .. . P- KN4? of Petros~' an- Yuchtman lhe essential advance or Black's King but still offers no solution to tbe new Bisllop Pawn. He may, moreover, sw.rt to hopeless. It is strictly necessary to play 12 .. . NxBt. After 13 QxN, P-KB·! opening problem. White majntains a c--=--:;:-c:;-:c- ---- t = check; :;: = dbl. check; § - dis. ch. 14 PxP, BxP, 15 N/2- K4, N- N1, fo llowed permanent initiative. 116 CHESS REVIEW, APRtL, 1959 10 N_Q2 B_Q2 12 P-QR3 Q-Q2 28 . . . , P_ B4 is hard to say why. The text move 11 N_ N 5 B- K l 13 P-KN4 ! , , , ' As in the Petrosyan- Yuchtman game. seems La be new. There is an element or the Saemlsc h Black plays this originaHy Indicated 4 P_K5 N- KN5 System in \Vhite's set u p but a good advance only in obvious desperation. 5 BxN · . . . deal more steadiness, It remains to be seen, however, whether Thi~ ex change is part of the system. thel'e is any good way of getting in ... 13 , , , , N-B2 17 Q-B2 B-Q2 5 . . , . QPxB 14 N-QB3 P_ R3 18 P- N 3 P-N3 P- KB4 earlier, and with due effect. 15 P_R4 Q- B1 19 N-Q1 P-QN4 White's entire set u p is aimed main ly This recapture offers a more conve ni· ent del'elopll1ent for the I)ieces than 5 16 P- R3 R_ N1 20 P-R5 , , , , at preventing this key move. 29 P-B3 R_ B 2 32 8 - B3 . . . NPxB. For one thing. White's ad· In this way, White anticipates any vanced King Pawn no\\' slightly ham· dangerous Queen·side cOllllter·play. It is 30 N / 2_B4 R-N5 33 N PxBP p,p 31 B_K1 R-N2 34 PxP P-K5 pers his own pieces. and Dlack is in no most remar kable how he operates on need of exchanging it with ... P-Q3 or 35 K_R2 . . , . both wings , keeping his King safely in . . P- 133. the center for Ihe time being. White a lso wins after 35 PxP, BxB 36 6 0-0 • • • • 20 , . , . K -R1 QxBt, R-N2t 37 K-R2, QxP 38 P- B6 ; but the ,text move is more accurate, He now 6 P- KH3. N- It3 7 P-Q4 is ine ffective Black has an inferior game, Now he because of 7 . . . P - KN3 8 PxP, Q- R4t abandon s all hope on the Queen·side thl'eatens to capture the King P awn. The game is virtually over. or probably better 7 , .. N- B'I 8 PxP. a nd starts to strive for .. . P- B4; but Q-R4t 9 N- B3. P- R4 ~ (9 . .. QxBP 10 35 . , . . PxP 39 BxB R,S that plan wor ks out very poorly. Instead, P- KN4!1. he ought to proceed consistently with 20 36 RxP B-Q5 40 Q-B3 Q- B1 . .. P xP. He gets some cou nter·play after 37 Q- Q3 B_ KB3 41 R-N6 R- KB2 6 . . . . P-K N3 8 P- KR3 N-R3 21 NxP, N- N4 and still more after 21 38 R_ K N1 K-R2 42 N- K 5 Resigns 7 R-K1 B-N2 9 N_ B3 . . . . P xP , R- N5. The game is in the bala nce. Now 21 B_N3 N_N1 Dlacl!: must pl'oceed with 9 .. . 0 - 0 or 22 N_K 3 N_K2 RUSSIA, 1959 9 . , . N - 131 (10 N-K4, P-N3 11 N- B6t. K - B1! ). Black still ought to try 22 . . . PxP. USSR Championship 9 . . . P- N3 Even 22 .. . P-N5 offers a bettel' chance Storm of Ingenuity than the text move; for White's job of T his move, in itself natura! enoug'h . is opening lines on the King·side a lone is J ust as the wind may fan a great fire premature hel'e and causes difficulty. from a spark so does the storm of not an easy one, 10 P_Q4 p , p White's ingenuity here create a magni· B- R4 11 N xP 23 • • • • fident "letolT fl'om his opponent's · . . ' A measure against 23 .. . P- B·I. seemingly minai' inaccuracies . T ruly a :'-ioU' White threatens 12 ;\'xP as well 23 . .. Q- K1 game of gJ'eat and original brillianey. as the d101gerou s possibilities of 12 Q-B3 and 12 1'- 1\6. or 12 Ilx1\'. DxB 13 P-K6. This move enables White to make a SICILIAN D E FENSE beautifu l and decisive jump forwat'd . 'N or 1 1 , . • • P-Q B4 R. Kholmov Paul K eres doeS 23 ... P- B3 C'hange the p icture es· Black pl'oceeds consistently, overlook· sentially. Thel'e is nothing better tha n 23 White Hlael{ ing the disastrous tactical consequences N- Nl again. 1 P- K 4 P-QB4 What? Keres, w'ho u sually \I'ins when anyone dares to a dopt the Sicilian against him, adopts the Sicilian him· TRAVELING CHESS SET self! It is reminiscent of the other g reat Paul, II"ho played the Sicilian once in his life and lost (Loewent hal VS. ilIol" phy. 11th game of their 1858 m!Ltch). 2 N-K B3 N_Q B 3 Black Hlay be contemplating the ac· celerated Dragon : 3 P-Q-1. PxP ·1 :-"xP. P- KN3. If so. he Hlust start ,,-ilh th l< conservative text move l'ather t han the more modern 2 . . . P-Q3. 3 B- N5 . , , , 24 P-N 4! ! , . . , The winning breakthrough. White ob· An old mal,. Whi ch has gained reo tains all the open lines which he needs spectability in r ecent years, thanks to in order to use his superiority In can· successes by Hossolimo. Before thllt, it trolled space. was known only as an eccentricity. When \Valter Hen neberger lost three 24 . . . . N-B1 games this wa y at Zurich, 193·1, the 24 , ., PxNP fails against 25 P- B5, augurs smiled. Toda y. the Rossolimo at· T his peg·in t r avel ing set has a p laying and 24 .. . PxBP against 25 PxP. tacl, is a regular, t hough little explored. board aU of 8" sq uare! Plastic men, '*" high, plug into p lywood board w hich is 25 NPx P QPx P line of play. T here al'e two main br anch· encased in a leatherette cover : The De 26 Px P NxNP es. depending on Black's second Dlove: L uxe model (also has com partments at 27 B xN · . , . 2 . .. N-QB3 3 B- N5 and 2 . . . P- Q3 3 B - N5t. each end f or captured m en ). Standard After 27 QxP, N/ I-Q3, Black hns some model is in past eboard cover (has no 3 , . , , N- B3 counter·play. compartment s). De Luxe in photo, 27 .. .. R, S There is no telling which move is best. Order by cat alogue number : Almost everything is good. according Otherwise, White can proceed safely No. 197- Standard m odel ______$1.50 wit h 28 QxP, to Alekhiae. Agaiast Henneberger at Zurich. these moves \I'el'e pl ayed: 3 . . . N o. 199-De Luxe model ______$6.00 280-0 · . , . Q-B2 by F loh r ; 3 . .. P-QR3 by Mul· Only now is White intel'ested in cas· IeI' ; and 3 . . , P - KN3 by Alekhine. Also MAil YOUR ORDER TO tling. He has a decis!ve advantage on plausible and tr ied since are 3 . , . the QUeen·s ide a nd wants to concentrate P - Q3, 3 .. . P-K 3 and 3 .. , Q-N3. Old CHESS REVIEW his forces t here. books r ecommend 3 . ' . N- Q5, thou@h It 134 West 72nd Street, N ew York 23, N. y , CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1959 117 of his action. But there Is no ol'dlnary The K ing has no safe sQual·e; fOl' 15 . . . . 17 Q-Q4 K-B2 oversight illvolved, \Vhlte's counter·ac· White win aftel' either 16 , .. K - KI 17 16 NxP 18 R-QBl Q-R7 tion is so exceptionally dee) and Sill" N-06t or 16 . . . K-Bl 17 P-K6 (17 ... 19 P-K5 . . . prising that fallure to foresee it casts Q-N2 18 P- K7t, K - Kl 19 Q-B6!!) or White's only line of any promise. no shame even on a Keres, 16 .. . K-K3 17 Q-N4t, KxN 18 QR-Qtt . 19 . . . . p , p The alternatives are also u'oublesome: K- B3 19 Q- B3t, K - B2 20 RxQt. DxH Zt 20 QxP . , . , 11 , ' , B-Q2 12 P--K6 gives '\V'hite W I QxP, B- R3 22 P- K6, etc. Now that White has opened the King advantage. II . . . Q-Q2 12 Q- B3, B- :\2 B_N2 17 Q A-Ql rile, there are many thl·eats (21 NxP or 13 BxN gives him a winning advantage 18 Q_QN3 B-QB3 after 13 ... BxB 14 P-K6 and also after 21 N- 07 01· 21 R- B7) but the main onp It is impossi ble f or Black to save his 13 .. . P- QB4 H BxB! BxQ J5 NxB. is 21 BxN! (21 , . . BxB 22 R-B7t; 01' Queen (e.g., 18 . .. K - Bl 19 NxPt. PxN 11 . .. B-::·I"2. however, may hold {12 21 . . . PxB 22 Q~R5t). 20 HxQ, KxR 21 QxPt, etc.). BxN, BxB J3 P-K6, P- KB4l. 19 Nx P P, N 12 N-B6 !! • • • • 20 QxBP ! • • A seemingly unnalllral bu t very power· Now aU resist ance crumbles. ful moye. Now the KnIght has no retreat, but retreat is not the Issue. 20 • • • • BxKP 25 Q-Q5 K A-K1 21 RxQt B,R 26 R, P P-NS 12 . . . . Q-Q2 22 Rx B K- B2 27 P- R5 PxK RP Black has no good choice. 12 . . . Q- 02 23 R- K7 QR- Ql 28 PxPt K,P is just as bad, as will be seen. And, 24 P_QR4 P_K N4 29 Rx B Resigns after 12 . . . QxQ 13 RxQ, he lacks a satisfactory defense to the three threats: 14 R-Q8 mate, 14 N-N5 and 14 N - Q5: RUSSIA, 1959 e.g" 13 . .. B-Q2 14 N-N5, BxN 15 N B7t, K - Bl 16 NxR (16 . , . Bx ::-< 17 R-Q8 USSR Championship mate). The Impact Does It 20 , , . . QxPt The impact of a sacrifkiaJ combina· Black returns his piece plus without tion Is often enough to eneryate anti obtaining appropriate relief. A much weal· down tftle defender. It does so in better defense is 20 . ' . Q-Q4! The this game. Black has a tenable position main continuation then Is 21 BxN, QxQ but, when he nervously returns the 22 BxQ, KxN 23 BxP§, K-Q2! 24 BxR, piece, he lands in an ending in which RxB wi th most likely a tlnlw. W hite he is hopelessly l ost, material equality cannot avoid this liquidation without notwithstanding. taking ullreasonable C'hances. 21 KxQ N- NSt 23 Rx N B,B SICILIAN DEFENSE 22 K-N1 NxQ 24 Nx Bt K_N3 M ikhail T ahl Polugayevsky Now the material is equal, bu t White White Black holds the advantage of obviously suo 1 P- K4 P-QB4 5 N-QB3 P-QR3 per ior development. 13 NxKP!! . , , . 2 N-KB3 P-Q3 6 B-K NS QN- Q2 2S N-K6! ",. p , p T h, very beautiful and truly surpris· 3 P-Q4 7 B- QB4 Q- A4 Not 25 R-K6t: for there is no mate N,P N-KB3 8 Q_Q2 P- K 3 ing poi nt O'f White's attack. 4 after 25 . . , KxN 26 R- B5t, K-B5: e.g., 9 0 _ 0 . . . . 13 • • • • K, N 27 K - B2, KR- KBI 28 P- R3, R-B4! For a change, here is a steadier con· 25 .... KR_Kl The alternatives are; tlnuation than t-he usual 9 0 - 0-0 which 1) 13 .. . QxQ 14 'RxQ, KxN 15 N- Q5t!, 26 R- K3 QA_B1 makes matters extremely comp!!cated. 27 R_Bl . . . . and White emerges at least tlle Ex· But combinations do stili remain in the White's last is decisive. There is no change ahead (15 .. . K-B l 16 N - B7, pictUre. R-QNl 17 R-Q8t, K - K2 18 B- N5t, and adequate defense against the threat of B_K2 White wins); 9 . . . . 28 R- NSt, K - R3 29 NxP. 2) 13 '... QxN (which applies also The consequences of 9 . .. P-QN~ are 27 . . . . B_N4 of a well known pattern: to the line with 12 .. . Q- B 2 mentioned The al ternatives are just as bad; 1) 10 B-N3, P- N5 11 N-Q5 and 11 , . . above) 14 N-Q5, Q-Q1 15 N--J36t (15 B--'N5 I) 27 . . . R- K2 2S N- B4t, K - B2 29 NxP 12 QxP! for a White win (note J2 is dubious), K - K2 16 B---'N5!! QxQ 17 N-Q5§. and White wins; , . , Qx ~?? 13 N-B 7 mate!) , or 11 ... QRxQ, and White wi ns ( 17 .. . K - K3 2) 27 . .. R- KN1 28 N- B·t t, K -N4 29 PxN 12 N-B6 for a powerful White at· 18 P-KN 4! and t
THE MOVE IS THERE BUT YOU MUST SEE IT 12 Px NP B, P 13 R_B1 In the current treatment of many defenses, new , defi nite ideas on Q-R4 Black seems to have escaped unscath· deve lopment a re consigning th is latter factor to the background. Once ed. Soon he \\·m castle and e\·enttl ll.lI y it was assumed that a long lead meant a short game, terminating in four his developme nt 11" 111 be brought Into star sacrificial orgies. Now more stress is la id on Pawn structure. 1£ line, But- the structure is with ou t chronic defect, the certain lag ill develo pm ent is considered transient, sUl:e to be ca ugh t up. The theory is undergoi ng exhaustive experimentation in the lour· namellt arena; and, thus far, insufficient positive results
CHESS REVIEW, APR IL , 1959 121. PHILIPPINE CHESS
. CHESS is fl ourishing in the Philippines hos t at Baguio (a resort in the hills of , reach the Philippines, from Spain, first these days, sparked by the efforts of Luzon ) fo r the Asian Zonal Tournament in transshipment from Mexico, later when Florencio Campomanes. We knew Cam· in 1957 (as we know R. Cardoso won, the Suez canal was dug, direct from nomanes for the couple of years he was without loss of a game, and played in the Spain. He says. however, that this game studying pol itical science here in New Interzonal last year at Portoroz, Yugo was restricted to Spanish officials, the York. His chess activities were great, slavia) . clergy and among Philippinos only the culminating, perhaps, in his tying for Campomanes and Cardoso have teamed very well·to·do. He credits American in· second, behind Bill Lombardv. in the up both before and since t'l promote fluence on Philippine chess as a much ~ew York State championship in 1954. chess in the Philippines, giving exhibi· happier one. Duri ng that period, Alek, We saw him here again in 1957 after he tio ns, touring the cou ntry and setting up hine gave exhibitions over three days in had accompanied the Philippine J unior what they call "chess clinics" at the Manila during his world tour, 1933. Champion, Rodolfo Cardoso, to the World premises of the Manila Chronicle for But he also traces chess from Arabia: Junior Championship in Toronto. He which Cardoso is chess col umnist. "When the Arabs received the game from ~. g ain came second, to August E. Rankis. As a token of what hold chess has the Persians, they were at the height . in the state tournament - Cardoso tied trken in the Philippines, we nole that of their glory and power. Arabs travelled for third. 82 plavers competed in the Championship to other lands, converting the people and It seems that, when Campomanes had of the City of Manila in 1957. The islands trading with them, spreading culture and. returned home, he really began to pro are producing quite a crop of promising of course, chess. They reached the Philip. mote chess. Some of his activity in that juniors of whom we expect to hear more. pines hy the 14th century .... When direction has been reported in CHESS RE In the account in Chess W orId, by the Arahs arrived, they found the island· VI EW ~ al ong with a photo of him en Cesar Rivera of the Philippines, we are ers playing the game. Although they proh. gaging in a game with P hilippine Presi particularly interested in the account of ably tried to introduce their own terms dent Carlos P. Garcia, who is also quite t.he early history of chess there. The cur and names, they were unsuccessful. Ex· a chess enthusiast (page 230, August, rent vogue far surpasses anything nf cept for the name of the game (Chatura. ]957). But we now hear more of Cam chess in the Philippine past. But, for nga in India, ellatrang in Persia, shatrall i pomanes and Philippine chess from Chess those who followed "A Short Historv of in Arabia, ehithareen in Burma, chalor IVorld, the Australian publication which Chess" in CHF.SS RI::YIEW, Rivera's ac· in lava and Malaya, and ehaturan or dearly is (mite interested in the nation f. ount makes an important supplement saturan still in the southern Philippines I , wh icn qualified Rodolfo Cardoso as the and even correction. For, whereas H. J. R. it is clear that local na m e~ and term ~ Asian Zonal representative. From that Murray, the chief historian of chess, and were acquired through the Southeast ra· suurce, we learn that Campomanes first Dr. H. A. Davidson in tbe "Short His· diation." succeeded in setting a chess column, tory" stop short of , the Philippines in Before departing frum the Philippine three times a week, in the Manila Times, tracing the spread of chess through South· history of chess and as a further sup ple. the largest newspaper of the Philippines, east Asia, Cesar Rivera has offered proof ment for those who want to expand on aud also pe. suaded other papers there to of chess existing- in the Philippines for the history as given in our Davidson present chess columns. He was likewise six centuries. Davidson states in his In series, it is in teresting to note some "I instrumental in organizing the Philippine troduction (CHF.SS REYIEW, pa!!e 12, Jan (he peculiarities in chess in its earlier Chess Federation (Octoher, 1955) which uary, 1956 ) : "Moving to the East, chess stages there. set up a national championship to urna entered Burma and China. From China, The first of note (and still prevalent ment, heralded with hanner headlines in it moved to Korea; from Burma to Siam in parts of the island of Mindanao ) is the Manila Times. and the Malay Peninsula" - and stops the somehow delirious idea (for us, that The Times and Campomanes then set there. And, in his Chapter on "The is) of permitting the King to assume th e up a national junior championship with Geography of Chess" (page 80, March, Knight's move if smothered by his own the interesting prizes of university schol· 1957), he trace-:s what he calls the "South· men and wishing to get out. The King arships of four, two and one year. In east Radiation" to Burma, Malay and cannot so move if in check. "selling" the idea, Campomanes worked c"ncludes: "This diffusion reached a dead Another is a curious diversity of rules industriously, giving lectures and simul· "nd in Borneo and Java." throughout the southern islands - some· taneous exhibitions. The result was a Cesar Rivera divides Philippine chess what like what Murray describes in earl\' tournament of 212 entrants, and Rodolfo historv into five periods : The pre.Span European chess, leaving localities with Ca rdoso emerged as J unior Champion ish, before 1571; the Spanish, 1571 to odd rules even into the 19th century . In from a finals section of eighteen. 1900; the American, 1900 to 1941 and the P hilippines, the disparities appear Since then, the Philippine Chess Fed 1941 to 194.'>; the Early Post·war Years, to res ult from chess having been intro eration has joined the FIDE, sent a team 1945 to 1955; and the Renaissance Years, duced in di fferent places there by di f· tD the International Team Championship 1955 on. ferent people. The old game has a H!1' in Moscow, 1956 (it won the championship For the Pre·Spanish. he traces chess slow pace (absence of our long Queen and of the first consolation section - with from India, through the Majapahit empire Bishop moves and the initial double· Cardoso its leading point scorer) and was Hf Java of which the Philippines were a move of the Pawns) . And, moreover. in part, 1293 to 1520. "The nobility of our :'vlindanao, to urnaments have to be pre. southern islands," he says, "who owed faced by discussion of allowable mon~s. allegiance to the rulers in J ava, came to During the Spanish period also, there know and play the game" which "was were some peculiar rules. For one ex part of tl-te cultural heritage of the Maja ample, to White's two-square, initial mO\"e pahit rulers fr om India." for a Pawn. Black can exercise the "allle Of course, as Cesar Rivera also slates, choice or, if he wishes, moye two PawJU • Davidson's "Westward Radiation" did {'ach one square simultaneously. 122 CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, t9S9 Or 30 . .. Q- B2 31 R- B7 with de· c is h ·e pl·essm·e. 31 Q-K6 N-B5 If 31 . , , 1(·R- Nt, 32 P- R7 wins. If 31 .. . X - TIl. 32 HxN ! etc. BY FRED REINFELD 32 BxN P,B 33 R/5xBP Q-B4 Jacques ~l ie ses pr obably won m Ot'e 23 QxP! ! QR_Nl 34 R_ B7 Q-N4 br!1l!ancy prizes than any other mastel',· Blac k expects to win a pieee. Whit e threHened 35 Q- K 7. Q- N3 36 His was the dashing style of the good H- DS with a qlli ck win. ol d days, based on slIch fl'ol k some open· 35 R-B8! Q_QB4 ings as the Vienna Game, Scotch Game. Or 35 .. . KRxR Danish Gambit and the like. Her e is one 36 RxR, Rx R 37 QxPt and 3S QxR. of his most aHn e tive efforts, in wh il'll he leaves bis Queen en prise f o[' six 36 Q- K7 Res igns moves. A milc h adm ired old·lime· favoI'ite. Paris, 1900 (1st Bril liancy Prize) Solutions to PROBLEMART V IENNA GAME on page 9S J. M ie$es D. J an ow ski No.1 White ma te s after 1 Il- NS and a) White Black 1 H- !t4 2 H-H3 : b) I .. . R- KB4 1 P-K4 P_K4 4 P-Q3 P-Q3 2 H- K D3: c ) 1 . _ . H- K4 2 H. - K 3: d) 2 N-QB3 N-QB3 5 P-B4 N_B3 1 .. H-Q4 2 H. -Q3 and 3 P-N4 mate 3 8_84 8_64 6 P-85 N-QR4 24 Q-N7!! B- Bl (ex(·epl. i f 2 .. . P x P, 3 HxR): e) 1 .. . Janowski, whose fondness for the t wo Black ea ts crow. If 24 ... RxQ 25 H- QD4 2 R- RS. Kx:\ 3 HxP mate, Bishops is we ll known. anticipates 7 Px/l, R- Nl 26 "RxN and, e.g., 26 . .. No, 2 W hite males with 1 Q- Q7 and a) B- N3, NxB 8 RPxN, P- Q4. in which case Q- Ql 27 N- B5 a nd the threat of N- R li 1. . P- :\3 2 Q- Q4: b ) 1 . .. J(xPj 2 m ack has obtained t he Two Bishops and Is decish'e (if 27 . . . Q- B3, 2S QR- H 1 Q- It3: c ) 1 _ . . It any 2 Q IQ 8th. freed his game to boot. But !\I ies es ' wins ). Or 26 . . . P- Q4 27 R-HS, Q-Q I No. 3 While males after 1 Q- K7. t hreat. reply prevents ... P- Q4 . 28 QIl- R I , K- B2 29 N- B5, B- QBl 30 fOning 2 K x P mate. Ihn, QxR 31 R-HS, and White wins . 25 N-B5 ! BxN 26 RxB B_ N5 A SUPERB PEG-IN And W hite's Queen is still immun oe . a pretty variat ion being 26 .. . HxQ 2~ P xH. R- Nl 28 RxN, P- Q4 29 R- R8, Q- Q l 30 QR- R5. K- B2 31 D- N5, Q-Kl 32 D- B6. and Black is helpless agains t the cOnJ· ing 33 RxH and 34 H- R8.
27 K- N1! • • • • Blac k threat ened 27 .. RxQ 28 PxH. H- N I 29 RxN. Q- NSt 30 N- Ql, Dx llt 31 KxB. RxP 32 R- BS t , K- N2 33 H - K:\ .~. QxNt ! 3·1 KxQ, RxR, drawing. 7 Q- B3 ! P-B3 10 8-N3 N ,B 8 P-KN4 P-KR3 11 RPxN P-KR4 p,p 9 P-KR4 P-QN4 12 NxRP TH E MI KADO, t he fi nest peg. ln set White's advance of t he King-side a vai lable. made of smoot hly finished Pawns ha s bOI·ne fru it in a useful ope II Tsuge wood in a handsome Staunton fiI e. cherry pattern (K ing height 1") , Is a su 13 KN-K2 Q- N3 15 B_N 5 B_ N2 perb gift for a rea l chess fri end. It is en· 14 N-N3 N_ B3 16 P- R5 N_ R2 ha nced by a ha ndma de t wo· t one leather boa rd and a n unfoldi ng ca se attractively White threatened P- R6! covered in rayon velvet. 17 B-Q2 0 - 0 - 0 W h en opened (see s mall photo), the 18 P_R6 ! P-N3 hinges slide the top underneath t o be- A d ifficult choice. 18 . .. QR- Nl is come the s upporting base (as in top too passive, a s is 18 . .. PxP 19 RxK·HP photo) . Closed s ize is 7Ys" by 5Vs" by (19 BxP Is a lso strong ) . A nd. Jf 18 . . . 27 . . . B,N H.". Playing board is 4Y2" squa re. KR- N l 19 PxP, HxP 20 P- B6 ! NxP 2 1 T h e s ize of board and me n gives ex N- 85, R- NSt 22 RxR, BxR 23 B- N;;, Wher ea s, if now 27 . . Hx Q 28 PxH . ce ll ent p la yi ng visibility. The design of White wins. It- Nt 29 RxN, Q- NSi :-1 0 K- R 2. fi xP 3i men is bot h fin e ly artistic and, with their 19 0-0-0 K R-N1 21 QR-Bl K- Nl It- DSt, K-N2 32 R- K:\8. W h ite wins. except iona l size, of top q uality for play. 20 PxP PxP 22 Q-B7 R- Rl 28 PxB N-Bl ing pur poses. White·s Queen is still safe : for. if 2.1: . Black protects h is K nigh t directly alHI O,.,ler hy CHlalo!:"u", , . R;.:Q . 29 PxH. R- :"1 3() Hx:\. Q- :\S·r his King K night P awn indirectly, as he ntlmi)er: The MI_ realizes that 22 .. . Q- B2 leads t o a 31 K- N2, etc .. or 30 . . . Q-QI 31 QR- H5. kado No. 181 lost ending: 23 QxQt. KxQ 24 R- B7 t . and White wins a s in the not e to B1ac k · ~ H- Q2 25 KR- Bl. R- Q l 26 R-N7 !t Rxll 26th mo,·e. Price Postpaid ~9 KR- K B1 ! N_ N3 2S PxR, H- KNt 29 B- R6! P-Q4 ( White $15.00 threat ened It- B8t) 30 PxP, PxP 31 3() Q_Q7 , . . , NxNP, etc. At las t. the Queen moves llfte r being left unde]· attack fOI· s ix moves . Ko,," MAIL YOUR ORDER TO • Wo rend a state me nt. !,,·obal:>ty 1)), W hite wins easily. ChC'·'H)'·. tha t Alekhin <> did. bu t )'/ieses was CHESS REVIEW a J;ood second.- Ed. 30 . . . . R- Q1 134 West 72nd St., New York 23, N. Y. CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 19S9 123 1 As Tarrasch put it, Black 2 White adopts the line rectifies his initial error and that Nimzovlch favored. APRIL FAUL gl'ips the center at his Q4. Still less pl'ospect of violent It is hard to picJ{ Ollt a mate whleh call be characterized as The prospect is not one of action as "\Vhite con sumes tempi by Pawn truly unique. But this game ofrers a more than r easonable violent action, unless one side or the other really errs, moves. Black counters cor· candidate. It was perpetrllted at Melbollrne i n 1928 between Black takes on somewhat rectly enough. His Pawn Olle Gundersen (While) and Faul. As a prelude to pyrotech· cramped play, owing to the push is one main key In the nics, the opening is unprepossessing. It Is a atol!d .Fren ch tempo-drag of developIng his French, threatening to frac· Defense, with the slolider 3 P - K5 on White's pal't; nor is "problem" Bishop. He has ture White's center a fter ther e any typical cramp, smother and crush quite a la Nimzo· a soUd game nonetheless. now putting pressure on it. vieh. The game begins 1 P- K4, P - K3 2 P- Q4, P-Q4 (Diag. 1) 3 P- K5, P-QB4 4 P-QB3, 4 . .. Px P 5 Px P, B-N5t.
3 Black has made his first t, Black's tempo problem is 5 Black 'has made h is sec 6 The attack has all the error, a two·[old one. In inl· still to come, the inevitable ond error. Usually in chess, earmar ks, as Black ought tiating that exchange, ile re drag in developing his Queen it is three strikes, a nd out, to have foreseen. The White tUl'115 a tempo and simul Bishop. For the time, how· even as in baseball. But 'h is King Knight is solidly en· taneously opens the Dosi· ever, he continues with the f irst was componnd error, sconced. His Queen can tion. ~forJlhy's games taught seeming edge of a half· and this is liagrant. It of· penetrate via KR5 or Q3. that tempi al'e more impor tempo in piece-development. fers WhIte one of the oldest 10 ... K- R3 allows 11 tant as the game is opened. In this blissful fool's para· sacr!f!ces In the game, and NxP :j:, and Black's Queen B l ack must count on his be d ise, he musters out his in its prime form. White is goes. 10 . . . K - Nl leads t o ing the first to develop a forces. But so does White. alert He launches the bar· a mate in two. Black has n o piece but l'eckons badly, 6 7 . , , N_ K2 8 B-Q3, 0-0 ; rage as indi'cated: 9 Bx Pt , choice: his King must move N- B3, N-QB3 7 N_ B3. The stage is set. KxB 10 N- NSt. out: 10 . . , K_ N3 11 :P-R4!
7 Now , curiously enough, 8 Not for any mere piece is 9 Black's prospects hardly 10 Now White has many the fact that White is un· White to be bought off. His seem improved. Nor are ways to win. Count them it castled may even be an as· prospects fairly clamor for they. True, W,hIte's Queen is you will. Prosaic is 15 QxPt set for him - not tbat it much more. Now 13 NxKP§ still under fire; but It isn't with mate next. But ·White matters, for ]2 P- R5t is impends - wIth worse than now the check behind t he has a real rarity. It is 15 threat enough, anyhow as 14 NxQ consequent - so dread discovery, and so the PxP e.p. _ mate en passant 12 . .. K-B4 13 Q-B3 is Black cann ot try to save his mate at KN7 is threatening and with a discovered -check mate and 12 . . . K- R3 has Queen. One ,hope he has, worse than evei" In all thIs and a separ ate double check the same 'horrible sequel as and only one, to hit back at dire shambles, one may ques· all in one. Can you name an' before. So Black tries to White's prime threat, the tion: what is the beauty of other mate like it? And note cover, in returning a piece. dread 13 NxKP§. 12 this game? The point will Black has all his pieces, ex· 11 . . . NxQP 12 Q_ N4! P_ B4 13 P-R5t K_ R3. appear. 14 Nx KP§, P-N4. cept bis peace of mind! 124 CHESS REVIEW, APRIL, 1959 Activit ies of C HESS REVIEW Postal Chess JACK STRALEY BATTELL players: game reports &. ratlnlls, names of new players, prize_winners, selected games, Postal Chess Editor tou rney Instructions &. editorial comment ,
Special Rule TOURNAMENT NOTES 9th Annual Championship- 1955 PeriodicaUy, t his ques t ion which aros e Progress Reports for As a result of e Ul'1'e nt Postal Mortems, recently in a Postal Ches s game, need,; the follow ing Qualified fOl' a ssignment explaining. For e \'e n masters have proved Golden Knights Tournaments t o the Finals : L . Beach, L. B. Cal·pen· tel" E. H awks\\"onh, A. F. Nlka a nd ignorant of t he COITeCt J'nle involved. 7t h An nual Champions hi p- 1952_3 The issue ca rn e u p from these move s : C. Kllgelmass. \Vith cuny·ovet·s fl'o m As a l'esu lt of current Postal Mortems, previous months, ene secUon will now 1 P_ K4 P_K4 3 P- KB4 N-B3 Finals section, 52·Nf 24 h as completed start. but we lack e noug h to pl ace the 2 N_QB3 J\J_K B3 4 N- B3 P-Q4 play, and t he con testants there in score IRs t three play ers in a 7 man section. 5 Px K P the following weig,hted point totals: " F . J. Valvo 34.7; L. C. Cody 30.15 ; 10th Ann ual Champit>nship-1956 L . l~ranke ns teln 30.15; R. R, Bass 25.75; As a result of cunent Postal Mort e ms, G, F . WillIams 25.2; and S. H. F einson C. J . Gibbs and ;\1. S. Lu bell qualified 17.S. for a ssignment to the F ina ls , but \\'e MergI ng t hese into the lis t of pros lack enough to fill !l 7 man s ectio:! pective cas h prize winnel'S (see Janu· deSllite having two earlier qualifiers ary, page 28), we have the following s t ill unassigned. (but note two sections a re yet to com· ple te scoring- next mont h, we hope- 11th Annual Championship 1957 before t he ]jst is final): As a r esult of cu r rellt Postal Morte ms, P RESENT LEADERS. the followin g qualified fO I' a ssignment I %nl)'s ...... ~ 5 . 7 Dr. I Schwarlz 35.0 t o t he Finals : n. Kochals , J . i\lcElt'oy , H l~ iug m an .... 45 .2 B Cl are" ,; .. . .. :H . ~ \V. Katzens t ei n, E. J . Ke nt, 13. Ha imes, G F P"" enon .... 45 .2 J Valvo . . . , .3,1.7 G. ]o~ . Williams , R. J. Kneer eam a nd C. J. 5 . . . . NxP/4 14 Rothe ...... 45.1 A R Sel f ...... 3,1.,,:; Gibbs. \'''e la ck enOllgh to place t he las t and the players dis agreed as to interpre t \V C Schroeder .H.2 L Ra te r lTIa ni ~ . ,34. S I~ ,\mburn . . . . . H .O II Hozsa , . " ... 3,1.1 six llS the first makes ,an e ve n seven ing the las t move. H 1 ,){: I (~ tr o m . . . 1-1 ,0 J Staffer , . . , . ,:1,1.0 with previousl y q ualified j)laye l's . Most players seem to m isinterpret N 1-10 l'I\ 3,eln . . . H,O I E ,Johnson . . ,33.:; such "ambiguities," It seems logical to C N le ll !:,i!" ... ,43,45 J Lieber man . .. :>3.4 The following a lso qualified for t he G .\lau (> I' , . , . . . . 43.1 P ROlh ...... ,33.,\ Semi·finals ( t he fi l's t t wo ,have alr eady say that as , the " /4" refers to the Pawn. T Archiroff . .. ,!2. 85 B W Paul . ... . :13 .2.; tbat the P awn is White and so that the I, 8101%enlJer)( . . .n .7 ),[ Gonzalez ., . . 32.75 been assigned) : I. Kandel. R. Melton, move m ust be counted from 'Wbit e's side J N Schmi t! ... 41.2 H Hal"l"i son .. . . J1.2 J. Bralts, H. E. Got ham, C. M. Ban ker K Skcma ...... 40.; of the board. H B Oa lr ...... :l1 .S and ,"' . G. Hamilton. I~ \\. Buerger .. 40.6 H " 'aI ISTen .... 31 .S T he proper rule, howe\'er, can be H \\' iecking ... 40.6 C R Hei"inS' . .. 31.7 t hought out even more logically: all E ,\ ronson . . .. . 39.6 I~ J Weibel ... . 31.3 12th Annual Championship-1958-9 moves are cO\lllted from the side of ,I A lI yin ...... 39. 0 E 130ne ...... 30.". & As a res ult of cu rrent Postal Mo rt e ms, J Chris, man . .. 38.6 L J Full",' ... .. 30.6 the player mak ing t he move. So ·the V Berz? nl'i ns .. . 38.45 F J Yerhoff .. . :10 .5.'\ Ihe following qualifie d fOI' a ssignment ~ th rank indicated he re is Black's 4th E H I;;rnst ...... 3S. ~ L C Co(! y " . ... 30 .1,; to t he Sem i·finals: G. Dibert, J. Han· rank. For a 5 NxP/ 4, on t h e other hand, 0 ,' J I" ar ber ... . 38. 35 L Frankenstein SO . Li son, F. "loewe, M. Goldhame l', O. La I) Burdic k .... . 37.45 o BUI'S' ...... 30 , ~ ["reniere, J. Riesenbeck , G. Katz, V . \Vhite is ma iling the move; hence he r e H 'I' Hccve .... . 37 .~ P Kontautus " .:lO "j the 4th rank Indicated is W hite's. G Kell nor .. ... 37. 35 L H ulbll't ...... 10 .0 Pa1ciauskas (2), W, Marsh , V. Suigus· For t echnical a ccuracy, remember the ,I G Hucters . . . 37.25 R lIi'cC lelian , . ,30.U ~ aar, R. Coveyou (2) , C. Ag new, p, 1-1 Ka ma n ...... 37.25 E F '1Ilehlin!:' , .. 29 . (;,. prece ding. For postal play , 'however, bear Savage , J. N. Buck, F , DuJicai, A. O. G Vn ll Os<1o l . . 37.2 ~[r3 S W\ni l."k i.1n,r; :. Young, J. Matule! and H . :Mol'ten. in mind that the point Is to be clear, and S ~I i ll e r ...... 36.7 P Orns tein ... . ,2:) ,'-' that, des pite this reminder, many will I.. It Si mms . . . 36.25 J 13 'Yright ... , ~ ~ . 5 J Slonkll3 . . . . 36.25 o \V Su,,,h:\ 1l .. ~9. , j s till misunderstand such moves. Often .I I{ Schroeder . . 36. 2 H \\. R o):e r ~ . , .29,0 t he move can be s o written as to [l.v{)id D Xieder ...... 35.7 J K"mluilis ... . 2S.9 NEW POSTALITES dispu tes : e.g., 5 .. . K NxP in ,t he po X I.. Ficken .. . 35.3 \" ,lanes ...... 28.5 The followi ng new players st nrted Postal sition above is quite clear. Us e such H .\[cil on ...... 35.25 P ~I Lo ~ ,,"o ... 28. ·\ Chess in Februa ry wilh ,hes" ral lngs : S Ya l'm a k ...... 35.15 . "• G',I ~o" . . . . .~_ .> . _.-~ means when possible; w hen not, add a CLA SS A a t J300: I. Sil\'cr: W SOli fre y . .. . 35.05 'A" H Self ...... 2i.n C L,\ SS B a l 1200: N. \\'. CUn"i nl:;hH Ill . T. com ment by way of explaining your in S S,ark ...... 17.9 Davis. C. Eklund, C. 13. l'..,rber, X. ),1. t ention on you r move·card. Ha rd)'. R. Hunter. G, E. I'ern . J . ~ra l el.~k a , We have ma de and will make it a rule 8th Annual Championship- 1954 )1. A. ~Iurr a ... , )1. R. Xi els en, K. B. Hecdy. J. ,\. Richard: to al'bitrate any such move for replay No F inals section complet ed play t his CLASS C a ' 900: R. W. 13 ~ I ,. e ns , H. S, when an honest m isu nderstanding occurs mont h. Check up on your results a nd H\'allell1ore, ' V. Blal1 <1 . 1'-: , Hl oom fi el (l. C. D. in su ch an Instan ce. For the erroneous make sure they are in! Cfl.l·m!chae1. l\. C. Coghlan, 1-1. On rring. G. interpretatlon is all too common, and in· Du nn. C. J ackson , C. Johnson. H. E . Jones. H. Kaplan. E. B'. 1":" 011. I;: . .1. u lffc,', H. sistence on tedllllca\ exactitude will s poil '\\'clghted roi n[ totals nrc based 011 Ihe K. Leigh, S. LonS' , W. "r".cGaha ll , H. too many games, foll owin" scale : 1. 0 point per wi n In the prelims ; 1.2 In Mml-flna ls : and 4.5 In [Inals. Uaho n. G. '1IfcAleer. C, B. ~ lcl){)\\"e ll, i\l. McNo ,," ll . R. 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